No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 3, Page 15
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IAGO
At
my lodging.
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IAGO
At my house.
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RODERIGO
I’ll be with thee betimes.
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RODERIGO
I’ll be there early.
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IAGO
Go to, farewell.
Do you hear, Roderigo?
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IAGO
Go home. Goodbye. Oh, and one more thing—
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RODERIGO
What say you?
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RODERIGO
What is it?
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IAGO
No more of drowning, do you hear?
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IAGO
No more talk about killing yourself, okay?
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RODERIGO
I am changed.
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RODERIGO
I’ve changed my mind about that.
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IAGO
Go to, farewell. Put money enough in your purse.
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IAGO
Go then, goodbye. Put a lot of cash together.
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RODERIGO
I’ll sell all my land.
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RODERIGO
I’m going to sell all my land.
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IAGO
Thus do I ever make my fool my purse.
For I mine own gained knowledge should profane
If I would time expend with such a snipe
But for my sport and profit. I hate the Moor,
And it is thought abroad that ’twixt my sheets
He’s done my office. I know not if ’t be
true,
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety. He holds me well.
The better shall my purpose work on him.
Cassio’s a proper man. Let me see now,
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IAGO
That’s how I always do it, getting money from fools.
I’d be wasting my skills dealing with an idiot like that
if I couldn’t get something useful out of him. I hate the
Moor, and there’s a widespread rumor that he’s
slept with my wife. I’m not sure it’s true,
but just the suspicion is enough for me. He thinks highly of me.
That’ll help. Cassio’s a handsome man.
Let’s see, how can I
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