No Fear Shakespeare
Othello
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Act 1, Scene 1, Page 4
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BRABANTIO
What is the reason of this terrible summons?
What is the matter there?
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BRABANTIO
What’s the reason for this horrible shouting?
What’s the matter?
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RODERIGO
Signior, is all your family within?
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RODERIGO
Sir, is everyone in your family at home?
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IAGO
Are your doors locked?
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IAGO
Are your doors locked?
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BRABANTIO
Why, wherefore ask
you this?
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BRABANTIO
Why are you asking me that?
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IAGO
Zounds, sir, you’re robbed! For shame, put on your
gown.
Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul.
Even now, now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise,
Awake the snorting citizens with the bell
Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.
Arise, I say!
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IAGO
For God’s sake, sir, you’ve been robbed. Get
dressed. Your heart’s going to break. It’s
like half your soul’s been ripped out. At this very
minute an old black ram is having sex with your little white lamb.
Wake up, wake up, ring a bell and wake up all the snoring citizens.
If you wait too long you’ll have black grandchildren. Get
up, I tell you!
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BRABANTIO
What, have you
lost your wits?
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BRABANTIO
Are you crazy?
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RODERIGO
Most reverend signior, do you know my voice?
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RODERIGO
Do you recognize my voice, noble lord?
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BRABANTIO
Not I. What are you?
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BRABANTIO
Not me. Who are you?
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RODERIGO
My name is Roderigo.
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RODERIGO
My name’s Roderigo.
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BRABANTIO
The worser welcome.
I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors.
In honest plainness thou hast heard me say
My daughter is not for thee. And now in madness,
Being full of supper and distempering drafts,
Upon malicious knavery dost thou come
To start my quiet?
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BRABANTIO
I told you not to hang around my house. I’ve already
told you quite plainly that my daughter will never marry you. Now
you come here drunk to make trouble and startle me out of a sound
sleep?
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RODERIGO
Sir, sir, sir—
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RODERIGO
Sir, sir, sir—
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