No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 1, Scene 3, Page 16
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To get his place and to plume up my will
In double knavery. How? How? Let’s see.
After some time, to abuse Othello’s ear
That he is too familiar with his wife.
He hath a person and a smooth dispose
To be suspected, framed to make women false.
The Moor is of a free and open nature
That thinks men honest that but seem to be so,
And will as tenderly be led by th' nose
As asses are.
I have ’t. It is engendered! Hell and night
Must bring this monstrous birth to the world’s
light.
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get his position and use him to hurt Othello at the same time?
How? How? Let’s see. After a while I’ll start
telling Othello that Cassio is too intimate with Desdemona. Cassio
is a smooth talker and a good-looking guy, the sort of man that
people would expect to be a seducer. The Moor is open and
straightforward. He thinks any man who seems honest is honest.
People like that are easy to manipulate. So it’s all
decided. I’ve worked it out. With a little help from the
devil, I’ll bring this monstrous plan to success.
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Exit |
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