I need to know the name of the Shakespeare character and play in which the character said a similar quote to Iago in Othello when he said, "who steals my purse, steals trash....". I am trying to search everywhere but have no clue where to start. Someone please tell me who it is or give me something to work with.
2006-10-19 17:32:45 · 4 answers · asked by CHRISTINA B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Falstaff.
2006-10-19 17:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by huh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Wouldn't be this one would it?
Polonius to Laertes: Hamlet
2006-10-19 22:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by Thisbysghost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Iago himself, from Act III Scene III of Othelllo.
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.
2006-10-20 19:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by Frosty Lemmon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its at the tip of my tongue i hope someone answers cause i really wan to know...
2006-10-19 18:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by sadgreeneyes3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋