No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
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Act 5, Scene 2, Page 2
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DESDEMONA
Will you come to bed, my lord?
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DESDEMONA
Will you come to bed, my lord?
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OTHELLO
Have you prayed tonight, Desdemon?
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OTHELLO
Have you said your prayers tonight, Desdemona?
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DESDEMONA
Ay, my lord.
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DESDEMONA
Yes, my lord.
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OTHELLO
If you bethink yourself of any crime
Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace,
Solicit for it straight.
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OTHELLO
If you can think of any crime you haven’t confessed,
then pray for forgiveness right away.
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DESDEMONA
Alack, my lord, what do you mean by that?
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DESDEMONA
Oh, my lord, what do you mean by that?
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OTHELLO
Well, do it, and be brief. I will walk by.
I would not kill thy unpreparèd spirit.
No, heavens forfend, I would not kill thy soul!
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OTHELLO
Well, hurry up and confess. Be quick about it. I’ll
wait over here. I don’t want to kill you before
you’ve readied your soul. No, I don’t want to
send your soul to hell when I kill you.
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DESDEMONA
Talk you of killing?
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DESDEMONA
You’re talking about killing?
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OTHELLO
Ay, I do.
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OTHELLO
Yes, I am.
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DESDEMONA
Then heaven
Have mercy on me!
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DESDEMONA
Then heaven have mercy on me.
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OTHELLO
Amen, with all my heart.
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OTHELLO
Amen to that, from the bottom of my heart.
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DESDEMONA
If you say, I hope you will not kill me.
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DESDEMONA
If you really feel that way, then I hope you won’t kill
me.
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OTHELLO
Humh!
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OTHELLO
Hmmph!
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DESDEMONA
And yet I fear you, for you’re fatal then
When your eyes roll so. Why I should fear I know not,
Since guiltiness I know not. But yet I feel I fear.
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DESDEMONA
You’re scaring me. You terrify me when you have that
look in your eyes. I don’t know why I should be afraid,
since I haven’t done anything wrong. But I’m
still afraid.
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OTHELLO
Think on thy sins.
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OTHELLO
Think of your sins.
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