No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
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Act 4, Scene 1, Page 2
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IAGO
Her honor is an essence that’s not seen,
They have it very oft that have it not.
But for the handkerchief—
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IAGO
You can’t see a reputation. A lot of people
don’t even deserve the reputations they have. But a
handkerchief—
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OTHELLO
By heaven, I would most gladly have forgot it.
Thou saidst—Oh, it comes o'er my memory,
As doth the raven o'er the infectious house,
Boding to all—he had my handkerchief.
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OTHELLO
God, I wish I could forget about the handkerchief! What you told
me it haunts me like a nightmare—he’s got my
handkerchief!
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IAGO
Ay, what of that?
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IAGO
Yes, what about it?
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OTHELLO
That’s not so good now.
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OTHELLO
That’s not good.
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IAGO
What if I had said I had seen him do you wrong?
Or heard him say—as knaves be such abroad,
Who having, by their own importunate suit,
Or voluntary dotage of some mistress,
Convincèd or supplied them, cannot choose
But they must blab—
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IAGO
What if I’d said I saw him do something to hurt you? Or
heard him say something about it. You know there are jerks out there
who have to brag about bedding some woman.—
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OTHELLO
Hath he said any
thing?
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OTHELLO
Has he said anything?
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IAGO
He hath, my lord, but be you well assured
No more than he’ll unswear.
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IAGO
Yes, but he’d deny it all.
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OTHELLO
What hath he
said?
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OTHELLO
What did he say?
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IAGO
Why, that he did—I know not what he did.
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IAGO
He said he did—I don’t know.
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OTHELLO
What? what?
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OTHELLO
He what?
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IAGO
Lie—
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IAGO
He was in bed with—
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OTHELLO
With her?
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OTHELLO
With her?
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