What's a quote by Iago in Shakespeare's Othello you like but is lesser known?

1 Answer

Answer :

answer:There are so many famous ones! Wearing your heart on your sleeve, etc, etc,,, I really had forgotten, but an internet search turned up so many! I like this one and below, there is an analysis, which helps since I can’t pretend to be a Shakespearean scholar who knows all this by heart! “Virtue! a fig! ‘tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners: so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. (1.3.5)_” When Iago makes an analogy between gardening and exercising free will, we’re reminded of the way that Iago is the ultimate master gardener, so to speak. Part of what makes him such a brilliant manipulator of Othello is his ability to plant the seeds of doubt and jealousy in Othello’s mind. All I have to say is that I really hated Iago when I read this play and studied it in high school. I hated Othello too! I thought it was so unfair how little it took for him to suspect his wife whom he claimed to love so completely! To believe she had cheated on him with totally circumstantial evidence!

Related questions

Description : What do you think about Iago in Othello?

Last Answer : I think you’re doing your homework.

Description : Why didnt Iago simply tell Othello right away that Desdemona and Cassio were having an affair?

Last Answer : Need answer

Description : Need help interpreting Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing"?

Last Answer : Have you ever heard of Sparknote’s No-Fear Shakespeare? It gives the original text side-by-side with a modern translation of the dialog, making it much easier to analyze. That link there is for the play you’re working on.

Description : Who said a famous quote that is close to "He who is unable to die and be reborn is but a poor traveller on this earth"?

Last Answer : “To be a traveler on this earth you must know how to die and come back to life.” — Goethe

Description : I saw a quote and I can't remember who to attribute it to. Can you help?

Last Answer : answer:Bill Moyers said this in September: So Pope Francis and Kumi Naidoo speak the truth, in different accents and with different metaphors, but their message boils down to this, capitalism is ... us. And that fragile, thin line between democracy and a darker social order will be extinguished.

Description : What is a good quote in the great gatsby, that I can use in an essay?

Last Answer : Try the last line of the book. It is beautiful and well worth an essay.

Description : Where does this quote by Peter DeVries originate?

Last Answer : I’ve been trying to track this down and it’s not really revealing sources. I think it was something he said. But he worked for the New Yorker, so it may have come from that. Wish I could help more. Groovy quote.

Description : Do you know the source of this quote from a fiction novel ?

Last Answer : I don’t, but it’s a nice quote. I’d be interested in the source too.

Description : What does this quote for Homer (800 BC - 700 BC) mean?

Last Answer : It sounds to me that he is saying that it is appropriate for young men to die in battle, but painful to see old men die a violent death. What do you think it means?

Description : Share a good quote from literature with us?

Last Answer : answer:“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” —Douglas Adams

Description : Could any one give me a good quote for Mr. Wickham?

Last Answer : Open book. Open eyes. Try the opening sentence; one of the most famous in English literature. I have had it memorized for 35 years. You don’t have to think of a quote. Jane has given you thousands of them. Close eyes. Open book at random. Throw a dart.

Description : Does anyone else out there consider themselves to be quite liberal but still loves to read Ayn Rand books?

Last Answer : A friend of mine read Atlas Shrugged this summer, but she “enjoys exploring alternative ideologies,” and all of her uber-liberal friends made fun of her.

Description : What's the minimum background reading for Pratchett's Going Postal and Making Money ?

Last Answer : answer:My solution, (not everyone's, I understand) was to read almost everything he wrote, excluding the children's and comic books, chronologically. There are lists on his web site of the ... as you mention. But I am retired and have enough time for these really long literary adventures.

Description : What's your favourite horror related folklore/myth story, how scary was it, and where does it come from?

Last Answer : answer:I'm from the Appalachian region of the United States, and my area is literally loaded with all kinds of freaky folklore. Witches, the mothman, cannibals, freaky mountain rituals, snake handling churches in ... not a story per se, one of my favorite things from this region is the death crown.

Description : What's a good novel or collection of poetry to give a 17 year old obsessed with '70s punk rock?

Last Answer : _High Fidelity_by Nick Hornby is a good novel about a guy who owns (or manages) a vintage vinyl store.

Description : What is that most common character trait possessed by literary characters you like?

Last Answer : Now, that's one I'll have to think about. I'll get back to you on that. I can tell you that it's not beauty, goodness, or pluckiness, although those may be additional traits in some appealing characters ... ). And it sure isn't flaws alone. Maybe there isn't a commonality? This could be a hard one.

Description : Do you have an aphorism you would like to share?

Last Answer : This is an exception to every rule (except this one).

Description : Know any good pilgrim/guru/vagabond/hobo/walk-the-earth-like-Caine-in-"Kung Fu" literature?

Last Answer : A classic is Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.

Description : Why don't women like Pynchon?

Last Answer : I'm a woman and i love him. i dont think its something you can divide along gender lines.

Description : What do you do to prepare to attempt to do an intellectually taxing task?

Last Answer : Lots of research. Time to just think about it. Quiet room. Set aside good amount of time. Work in sprints of 20–30 minutes. 10-minute breaks.

Description : If dogs were able to author stories, what would your pet write about you?

Last Answer : Treats and snacks.

Description : Is Miss Havisham related to Mr. Havisham?

Last Answer : It’s not a popular name that I’m aware of but it doesn’t seem that likely that she was using it as an homage. There doesn’t really seem to be any reason for her to have but you’d have to do some biographical research into her life to really verify whether there was or not.

Description : What makes Kafka’s works a must read?

Last Answer : No idea. We had to read one of his stories in college – I found it impossible. He’s not on my list of influential authors.

Description : Who are the strongest female characters in literature?

Last Answer : Jane Eyre Anne of Green Gables Antonia in “My Antonia” Ada Dunstable in Trollope’s Barsetshire Chronicles is a great character Jo March in Little Woman Mary in The Secret Garden

Description : Do you know of any chaotic/problematic characters in literature that transform through looking inwards?

Last Answer : Hmm, Dr. Strange? How about Tony Stark?

Description : Would Trump have been a gold mine for Shakespeare?

Last Answer : Fu King Leer…he does that to women right?

Description : What is your favourite type of Fan Fiction?

Last Answer : HISHE. How it should have ended.

Description : Female author recommendations (please see details)

Last Answer : J. K. Rowling . Margaret Atwood.

Description : Would you please help me with the first line or so to my novel?

Last Answer : In the upcoming screenplay based on the novel Candice Glover will sing the title song, if that helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpgWD9SOsxo

Description : Is anyone willing to help me with annotating a passage?

Last Answer : Why don't you just post the passage in question here and let the collective help you? Some of us may not want to correspond via pm. Also, if this is a homework assignment you need to do ... notes or other reference material related but this shouldn't be too hard for you to accomplish on your own.

Description : What is generally regarded as the "Great American Novel"?

Last Answer : Too broad to answer. Ask 20 different literature teachers and you’ll get 20 different answers. And are you talking about a contemporary novel or a classic? If you narrow it down to that, I’ll hazard some opinions.

Description : What would you name your autobiography if you happened to write one?

Last Answer : I’ll Let Marketing Think of Something Clever

Description : Would anyone please tell me the meaning of a sentence from Carlyle's Book "On Heroes..."?

Last Answer : So, no one told an untruth is what the second part means. I think it might mean that fables are made up of truths but altogether these truths do not make the truth.

Description : What is the greatest work written in English?

Last Answer : answer:Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. One can learn a lot from it about understanding and tolerance.

Description : If you were William Shakespeare and were writing a play about the rise, intrigues, and fall of Donald Trump, would you consider it a tragedy, a comedy, or a drama? (it's no sonnet!)

Last Answer : answer:If he wins, it's a tragedy; if he loses, it's a drama. I can't make it a comedy because so many people support him (although I imagine Jonathan Swift could have a ... how developing a detach air of amusement at the current election would be very helpful in maintaining psychological health.

Description : Can someone who understands film and literature correct my essay?

Last Answer : How long is it?

Description : Could you recommend, other vampire novels similar to the work of Anne Rice?

Last Answer : Hellsing Ultimate.

Description : What two moods are conveyed in this extract?

Last Answer : answer:One mood is dishonesty. For someone who (in her profile) proclaims herself to be “someone who lives English”, you seem to be very satisfied with other people doing your schoolwork.

Description : Will you help me think of a name of an author?

Last Answer : Ann Ryand?

Description : Which author or literary character would you most want to be - and why?

Last Answer : Do you really need to ask? The name is Bond, James Bond.

Description : What are the literary terms and devices that Ama Ata Aidoo uses in her story: The Girl Who Can ?

Last Answer : If you have access through a database or school library to Gale Research’s Short Story Criticism you should find some helpful essays in it. There are also other literature resource databases that you can search.

Description : In Bram Stoker's novel, what was the relationship between Mina and Dracula?

Last Answer : I believe that Mina was very much in a physical sense a reincarnation of Dracula’s Wife llona, so in other words it was love at first sight for him all over again, and it was his pursuit to call her his own forever.

Description : What are some of the biggest mistakes/unfortunate choices/decisions you've made that affected your whole life?

Last Answer : answer:Letting my odious in-laws bully me into having a wedding. After a lifetime of their megalomania, my husband was easily cowed by his parents and didn't stand beside me and help fight them. ... be very different. I would have put my foot down, drawn some firm boundaries, and demanded respect.

Description : How to get out of reading a book?

Last Answer : answer:Just tell him that you have no interest in reading. No need to complicate it. (As an aside, is there anyone who isn’t a visual thinker? We are visual creatures afterall.)

Description : What is the most definitive version of the Gilgamesh epic one can buy?

Last Answer : As I understand the version by Andrew George, initially published by Oxford in 2003, is widely regarded as the most definitive translation in English.

Description : Who is your favorite dog in literature?

Last Answer : Follow My Leader. The story of a boy who was blinded, and aided by a guide dog.

Description : What do these two verses mean?

Last Answer : These verses are hotly debated by experts and has never been resolved satisfactorily. Here the rose is a symbol of sleep and the rose petals are reminiscent of closed eyelids.I think Rilke here compares rose petals to eyelids,and remarks that unlike eyelids,the petals conceal no desire for sleep.

Description : What do you think about this Ernest Hemingway's work?

Last Answer : Oh – I like it!

Description : Did you or would you name a child or a pet after a literary figure?

Last Answer : Oh, absolutely. We were going to name the baby I’m carrying Enoch for Enoch Root in Cryptonomicon by Stephenson but went with a diff name. Anyway, totally.

Description : When was the last time you reveled in a piece of literature?

Last Answer : answer:Hilary Mantel's Bring up the Bodies, the sequel to Wolf Hall. (I loved them both.) One reviewer's somewhat smarmy take, It also meets the demand for a cracking good read - the ... predecessor, Bring Up the Bodies will stimulate a feel-good factor throughout the nation's book groups. Source