Othello Quote Bank for Themes & Characters

A comprehensive list of useful quotes in Othello, divided into themes for essays.

Includes:

• RACE, RELIGION, PREJUDICE, SERVICE, GENDER ROLES, JEALOUSY, DECEPTION & MANIPULATION, APPEARANCE V. REALITY, LOVE AND MARRIAGE, LANGUAGE, STORYTELLING, POWER, SEX, IDENTITY… and more.

Then, second section is split into quote banks for individual characters and between characters, which could be useful when exploring certain relationships.

Quotes in red indicate that they have been mentioned more than once and therefore cross themes.

I = Iago
O = Othello
D = Desdemona
B = Brabantio
E = Emilia
R = Roderigo
C = Cassio