‘othello’ Quotations By Theme

Act 4, scene 1, lines 180 81

CRIME

DUKE The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief[.]Act 2, scene 1, line 119

IGNORANCE

OTHELLO He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol n, Let him not know t and he s not robbed at all.
Act 3, scene 3, lines 161 63

LOVE

OTHELLO 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[.]
Act 1, scene 3, line 328

MURDER

OTHELLO 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 cunning st pattern of excelling nature,
I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume.
Act 2, scene 3, lines 330 31

REGRET

DUKE To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
Act 3, scene 3, lines 154 58

TRIVIALITY

IAGO To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer.Act 3, scene 3, lines 345 48

WILL

IAGO Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners[.]Act 1, scene 3, lines 216 17