No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
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Act 4, Scene 1, Page 3
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IAGO
With her, on her,
what you will.
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IAGO
With her, on top of her—however you want to say
it.
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OTHELLO
Lie with her? lie on her? We say “lie on
her” when they belie her! Lie with
her—that’s fulsome.
Handkerchief—confessions—handkerchief! To
confess, and be hanged for his labor. First to be hanged, and then
to confess—I tremble at it. Nature would not invest
herself in such shadowing passion without some instruction. It is
not words that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips. Is
’t possible?
Confess!—Handkerchief!—Oh,
devil!—
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OTHELLO
In bed with her? On top of her? I would have thought people were
telling lies about her rather than believe he was lying on her. My
God, it’s nauseating!
Handkerchief—confessions—handkerchief!
I’ll kill him first, and then let him
confess—I’m trembling with rage. I
wouldn’t be trembling like this if I didn’t
know deep down this was all true. Noses, ears, lips. Is it possible?
Tell me the truth—Handkerchief—Damn it!
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(falls in a trance) |
(he falls into a trance) |
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IAGO
Work on, My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach.—What, ho! My lord!
My lord, I say! Othello!
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IAGO
Keep working, poison! This is the way to trick gullible fools.
Many good and innocent women are punished for reasons like
this.—My lord? My lord, Othello!
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Enter CASSIO
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CASSIO enters. |
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How now,
Cassio!
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Hey, Cassio!
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CASSIO
What’s the matter?
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CASSIO
What’s the matter?
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IAGO
My lord is fall'n into an epilepsy.
This is his second fit. He had one yesterday.
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IAGO
Othello’s having some kind of epileptic fit. This is
his second fit like this. He had one yesterday.
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CASSIO
Rub him about the temples.
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CASSIO
Rub his temples.
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IAGO
No, forbear.
The lethargy must have his quiet course.
If not, he foams at mouth and by and by
Breaks out to savage madness. Look, he stirs.
Do you withdraw yourself a little while,
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IAGO
No, don’t. This fit has to run its course. If you
interrupt it, he’ll foam at the mouth and go crazy. Look,
he’s moving. Why don’t you go away for a bit?
He’ll get
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