ENG 3U1
OTHELLO QUOTATION ANALYSIS
Part 1: Group Analysis of One Quotation
Each group will be assigned one of the quotations provided at the end of the assignment. You
will have one class period to complete the following:
A) As a group, brainstorm for as many points of significance as possible.
B) On an overhead, state the context of the quotation, and in POINT FORM state at least
TWO points of significance.
C) Prepare to present your analysis to the class next period.
Part 2: Individual Annotation of All Quotations
Instead of choosing one quotation and writing a formal analysis, you will be preparing point
form notes on each of the quotations (as you did for your 1984 journals). You should be able to
develop your notes during the group presentations, after which you’ll have time to go over the
quotations and notes and fine-tune them to submit the following day.
For each quotation, you must have TWO points of significance. Be careful to avoid merely
summarizing or paraphrasing the quotation.
Evaluation:
Group Analysis:
Context is stated clearly on overhead
/2 Marks
Two points of significance are explained
in detail, making direct reference to
the quotation
/8 Marks
Explanation to class is given in a well-organized
and articulate manner
/5 Marks
Individual Annotation:
For each quotation you have included
two points of significance which are accurate,
substantial and are supported by the quotation
Total
/20 Marks
/35 Marks
Othello Quotations:
1.
Iago: Were I the Moor, I would not be Iago;/In following him, I follow but
myself/Heaven is my judge not I for love and duty (I,1, 58-60)
2.
Othello: She loved me for the dangers I had passed,/And I loved her that she did pity
them./This is the only witchcraft I have used.(I, 3, 166-168)
3.
Iago: [Cassio] takes her by the palm. Ay, well said; whisper. With as little a web as this
will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio. (II, 1, 163-164)
4.
Othello: Now by heaven/My blood begins my safer guides to rule,/And passion having
my best judgement collied/Assays to lead the way.(II,3, 185-187)
5.
Desdemona: I’ll intermingle every thing he does/With Cassio’s suit. Therefore be merry,
Cassio;/Thy solicitor shall rather die/Than give thy cause away.(III, 3, 25-28)
6.
Iago: O beware, my lord, of jealousy:/ It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock/The
meat it feeds on. (III, 3, 167-168)
7.
Othello: I will withdraw to fashion some swift means of death/For the fair devil. Now art
thou my lieutenant. (III, 4, 478-479)
8.
Lodovico: Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate/Call all-in-all sufficient? Is this
the nature/Whom passion could not shake? (IV, 1, 255-257)
9.
Desdemona: Nobody; I myself. Farewell./Commend me to my kind lord. O farewell!(V,
2, 125-126)
10.
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; (V, 2, 339-342)