No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 2, Page 4
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IAGO
You, Roderigo! Come, sir, I am for you.
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IAGO
You, Roderigo! Come on, I’ll fight you.
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OTHELLO
Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
Good signior, you shall more command with years
Than with your weapons.
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OTHELLO
Put away your swords. They’ll get rusty in the dew.
Sir, your age and status inspire more respect than your weapons
do.
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BRABANTIO
O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter?
Damned as thou art, thou hast enchanted her!
For I’ll refer me to all things of sense,
If she in chains of magic were not bound,
Whether a maid so tender, fair, and happy,
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy curlèd darlings of our nation,
Would ever have, t' incur a general mock,
Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou—to fear, not to delight.
Judge me the world if ’tis not gross in sense
That thou hast practiced on her with foul charms,
Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals
That weakens motion. I’ll have ’t disputed
on.
'Tis probable and palpable to thinking.
I therefore apprehend and do attach thee
For an abuser of the world, a practicer
Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.—
Lay hold upon him. If he do resist,
Subdue him at his peril!
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BRABANTIO
You evil thief, where have you hidden my daughter? You devil,
you’ve put a spell on her! Anybody with eyes could tell
you that a beautiful and happy young girl like her, who’s
refused to marry all of the handsome young men of the city,
wouldn’t run off with a black thing like you unless
she’d been bewitched. You’re something to
fear, not to love. It’s obvious to everyone that
you’ve tricked her, drugged her, or kidnapped her.
That’s probably what happened, so I’m
arresting you.—Arrest this man as a practitioner of black
magic. Grab him. If he struggles, use force!
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OTHELLO
Hold your hands,
Both you of my inclining and the rest.
Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter. Whither will you that I go
To answer this your charge?
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OTHELLO
Just a minute. I don’t need anyone to tell me when to
fight. You’ve accused me of some serious crimes. Where do
you want me to go to respond to these charges?
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