"The Moor is of a free and open nature That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; And will as tenderly be led by th' nose As asses are.

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1 Prejudice/Racism Act 1, scene 2 Quotes "Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her! For I'll refer me to all things of sense, If she in chains of magic were not bound, Whether a maid, so tender, fair, and happy, So opposite to marriage that she shunned The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t'incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight." (62-71) Location: Act 1, scene 2 Speaker: Brabantio, Othello Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 1, scene 3 Quotes "The Moor is of a free and open nature That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; And will as tenderly be led by th' nose As asses are." (391-4) Location: Act 1, scene 3 Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy Act 2, scene 1 Quotes "I'll [...] make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me For making him egregiously an ass." (302-6) Related themes: Prejudice

2 Act 3, scene 3 Quotes "Haply, for I am black And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have, or for I am declined Into the vale of years yet that's not much She's gone." (263-7) Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy Act 5, scene 2 Quotes "When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drops tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinable gum. Set you down this. And say besides that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turbaned Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him thus." (341 56) Location: Act 5, scene 2 Related themes: Prejudice, Jealousy, Manhood and Honor

3 Appearance vs. Reality Act 1, scene 2 Quotes "Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her! For I'll refer me to all things of sense, If she in chains of magic were not bound, Whether a maid, so tender, fair, and happy, So opposite to marriage that she shunned The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t'incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight." (62-71) Location: Act 1, scene 2 Speaker: Brabantio, Othello Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 1, scene 3 Quotes "Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace: For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their dearest action in the tented field, And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle, And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience, I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver Of my whole course of love." (81-91) Location: Act 1, scene 3, Manhood and Honor

4 "The Moor is of a free and open nature That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; And will as tenderly be led by th' nose As asses are." (391-4) Location: Act 1, scene 3 Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy "Tis a pageant To keep us in false gaze." (18-9) Location: Act 1, scene 3 Act 2, scene 1 Quotes "Her eye must be fed." (224) "Oh heavy ignorance! Thou praisest the worst best." (143-4) Speaker: Desdemona, Womanhood and Sexuality "I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am by seeming otherwise." (122-3) Speaker: Desdemona "If I were now to die, Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate." (188 91), Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality

5 Act 2, scene 3 Quotes "Notwithstanding, with my personal eye Will I look to't." (5-6) Location: Act 2, scene 3 Speaker: Michael Cassio Act 3, scene 3 Quotes "Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! And when I love thee not, Chaos is come again." (90-2) "This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit Of human dealings." (258 60) "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green- eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on." (165-7), Jealousy "I am your own forever." (480)

6 "Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof." (360), Jealousy "This honest creature doubtless Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds." (242-3), Jealousy "By heaven, thou echo'st me As if there were some monster in thy thought Too hideous to be shown." (106-8), Jealousy "Haply, for I am black And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have, or for I am declined Into the vale of years yet that's not much She's gone." (263-7) Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality,Jealousy Act 4, scene 1 Quotes "Her honor is an essence that's not seen; They have it very oft that have it not." (16-7) Location: Act 4, scene 1, Womanhood and Sexuality

7 "A horned man's a monster and a beast." (62) Location: Act 4, scene 1, Jealousy, Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 5, scene 2 Quotes "I told him what I thought, and told no more Than what he found himself was apt and true." (177-8) Location: Act 5, scene 2 Jealousy Act 1, scene 1 Quotes "Preferment goes by letter and affection And not by old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first." (35-7) Location: Act 1, scene 1 Mentioned or related: Michael Cassio, Othello Related themes: Jealousy, Manhood and Honor Act 1, scene 2 Quotes "Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her! For I'll refer me to all things of sense, If she in chains of magic were not bound, Whether a maid, so tender, fair, and happy, So opposite to marriage that she shunned The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t'incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight." (62-71) Location: Act 1, scene 2 Speaker: Brabantio, Othello Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality

8 Act 1, scene 3 Quotes "The Moor is of a free and open nature That thinks men honest that but seem to be so; And will as tenderly be led by th' nose As asses are." (391-4) Location: Act 1, scene 3 Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy Act 3, scene 3 Quotes "On horror's head horrors accumulate." (370) Related themes: Jealousy, Manhood and Honor "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green- eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on." (165-7), Jealousy "Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof." (360), Jealousy "This honest creature doubtless Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds." (242-3), Jealousy

9 "By heaven, thou echo'st me As if there were some monster in thy thought Too hideous to be shown." (106-8), Jealousy "Haply, for I am black And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have, or for I am declined Into the vale of years yet that's not much She's gone." (263-7) Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy Act 4, scene 1 Quotes "A horned man's a monster and a beast." (62) Location: Act 4, scene 1, Jealousy, Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 5, scene 2 Quotes "Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me; but once put out thy light, Thou cuning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume. When I have plucked thy rose, I cannot give it vital growth again; It must needs wither." (7-15) Location: Act 5, scene 2 Related themes: Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality

10 "When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdued eyes Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drops tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinable gum. Set you down this. And say besides that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turbaned Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him thus." (341 56) Location: Act 5, scene 2 Related themes: Prejudice, Jealousy, Manhood and Honor Womanhood and Sexuality Act 1, scene 2 Quotes "Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her! For I'll refer me to all things of sense, If she in chains of magic were not bound, Whether a maid, so tender, fair, and happy, So opposite to marriage that she shunned The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, Would ever have, t'incur a general mock, Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight." (62-71) Location: Act 1, scene 2 Speaker: Brabantio, Othello Related themes: Prejudice, Appearance vs. Reality, Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 1, scene 3 Quotes "I do perceive here a divided duty." (181) Location: Act 1, scene 3 Speaker: Desdemona Related themes: Womanhood and Sexuality

11 Act 2, scene 1 Quotes "Oh heavy ignorance! Thou praisest the worst best." (143-4) Speaker: Desdemona, Womanhood and Sexuality "If I were now to die, Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate." (188 91), Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 3, scene 3 Quotes "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse steals trash; tis something, nothing; Twas mine, tis his, and has been slave to thousands. But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed" (155 61) Related themes: Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality Act 4, scene 1 Quotes "Her honor is an essence that's not seen; They have it very oft that have it not." (16-7) Location: Act 4, scene 1, Womanhood and Sexuality "A horned man's a monster and a beast." (62) Location: Act 4, scene 1, Jealousy, Manhood and Honor, Womanhood and Sexuality

12 Act 5, scene 2 Quotes "Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me; but once put out thy light, Thou cuning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume. When I have plucked thy rose, I cannot give it vital growth again; It must needs wither." (7-15) Location: Act 5, scene 2 Related themes: Jealousy, Womanhood and Sexuality