No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
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Act 1, Scene 3, Page 3
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DUKE
'Tis
certain then for Cyprus.
Marcus Luccicos, is not he in town?
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DUKE
Then it’s certain they’re heading for
Cyprus. Is Marcus Luccicos in town?
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FIRST SENATOR
He’s now in Florence.
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FIRST SENATOR
No, he’s in Florence.
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DUKE
Write from us to him. Post-post-haste, dispatch.
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DUKE
Write to him immediately. Hurry.
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FIRST SENATOR
Here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor.
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FIRST SENATOR
Here come Brabantio and the brave Moor.
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Enter BRABANTIO,
OTHELLO, CASSIO,
IAGO, RODERIGO, and officers |
BRABANTIO, OTHELLO,
CASSIO, IAGO,
RODERIGO and the officers enter. |
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DUKE
Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you
Against the general enemy Ottoman—
(to BRABANTIO) I did not see you. Welcome, gentle signior.
We lacked your counsel and your help tonight.
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DUKE
Brave Othello, I have to send you right away to fight the Turks,
our great enemy.—(to
BRABANTIO) Oh, I
didn’t see you there. Welcome, sir. I could have used
your wisdom and help tonight.
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BRABANTIO
So did I yours. Good your grace, pardon me.
Neither my place nor aught I heard of business
Hath raised me from my bed, nor doth the general care
Take hold on me, for my particular grief
Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature
That it engluts and swallows other sorrows
And it is still itself.
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BRABANTIO
I could have used yours as well. Forgive me, your grace. I
didn’t get out of bed and come here in the dead of night
because I heard about the war or because I was worried about the
city’s defense. I have a personal problem so painful and
gut-wrenching that it overwhelms everything else.
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DUKE
Why, what’s the matter?
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DUKE
Why, what’s the matter?
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BRABANTIO
My daughter! Oh, my daughter!
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BRABANTIO
It’s my daughter! Oh, my daughter!
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ALL
Dead?
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FIRST SENATOR
Is she dead?
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BRABANTIO
Ay,
to me.
She is abused, stol'n from me, and corrupted
By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks.
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BRABANTIO
She’s dead to me. She’s been tricked and
stolen from me, enchanted by black magic spells. She
must’ve
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