It is a sword from Spain, hardened in an icy stream. I did say so: Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep. Should Emilia come in here? Happily, haply, perchance, Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? The object poisons sight. No. 'Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio’s death. Then he must have found it. By the end of the play he does know the scientific truth about the object to which he has reduced Othello. You have done well. If I extinguish you, flame, I can light you again if I have second thoughts. No, heaven forbid it, I would not send your soul to hell. Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Which I so loved and gave thee, thou gav’st. You have done well,That men must lay their murders on your neck. IAGO : Do thou meet me presently at the harbour. Do not doubt, Cassio. Oh, balmy breath, that dost almost persuade Justice to break her sword! . And, for, and, because. Help! ( singing) Willow, willow, willow — Moor, she was chaste, she loved thee, cruel Moor. Sure he hath killed his wife. As proofs of holy writ: this may do something. Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog. 'Tis a notorious villain. Come : hither. Where could Othello run to? Honest IagoHath ta'en order for ’t. No more of that. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Go to, charm your tongue. ____ farewell content! He says that you told him his wife was unfaithful. Patience, I say; your mind perhaps may change. What’s best to do? I saw it in his hand. In the mean time. And even but now he spake, After long seeming dead—Iago hurt him, Iago set him on. (to OTHELLO) You must forsake this room and go with us. Refine any search. Emilia, come. 'Tis not to make me jealous. Your husband knew all about this. I am glad thy father’s dead, Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in twain. Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves! You are about to die. For he conjured her she should ever keep it. Emilia is likely coming to tell me about Cassio's death. Swell, bosom, with thy fraught. Oh, you woman with an unlucky fate, as pale as your white nightgown! Yes, yes. Hey, help, help! Prithee, no more: let him come when he will; 'Tis as I should entreat you wear your gloves. Instant downloads of all 1411 LitChart PDFs. Put out the light, and then put out the light. I must needs report the truth. Do you go back dismayed? I forgot you were out there. There are a kind of men so loose of soul. OTHELLO Excellent wretch! Dead! Prick'd, instigated. Thou art on thy deathbed. Finally, Othello safely arrives. Oh, Desdemona! He has confessed that he has had sex with you. Kill him instead. His estrangement shall not be more serious than policy Some bloodthirsty passion is shaking your whole body. Not quite dead yet? I'd spread the news of this even if I was killed twenty times. I said your husband. No way but this,Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. And then enforce the punishment! Where should Othello go?—, Pale as thy smock! He thought 'twas witchcraft--but I am much to blame; I see this hath a little dash'd your spirits. If she had been faithful, I wouldn't have traded her for an entire world made entirely of gemstones. You will stay a prisoner until the Venetian government hears of your crime. If she comes in, she'll definitely want to speak to my wife. New York: Clark & Maynard. She was heavenly faithful and honest! Close delations, secret informations. If he were alive now, this sight would put him in a downward spiral. Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys, As salt as wolves in pride, and fools as gross. Perdition catch my soul. A better sword has never graced a soldier's scabbard. I will be like a swan and die while singing. I'm the one who killed her. Here is a letter that was found in dead Roderigo's pocket. Remains the censure of this hellish villain: The time, the place, the torture. An alarming thing to grant. Wait, let me say a word or two before you go. That men must lay their murders on your neck.  Othello: Essay Topics This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon,For he was great of heart. From this time forth I never will speak word. And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit. 2. Go, guard the outer door. to of and a in " 's that for on is The was with said as at it by from be have he has his are an ) not ( will who I had their -- were they but been this which more or its would about : after up $ one than also 't out her you year when It two people - all can over last first But into ' He A we In she other new years could there ? And yet I fear you, for you’re fatal then When your eyes roll so. Farewell. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars, It is the cause. Desdemona says that she is innocent, denies that anyone has killed her, and dies. She that, so young, could give out such a seeming, To seal her father's eyes up close as oak-. There was never anything so sweet and yet so deadly as you. Still, she must die or else she'll betray more men. Behold, I have a weapon. That livest to make thine honesty a vice! I wouldn't have traded her for an entire world made entirely of gemstones. sacred blood." You must forsake this room and go with us. Cover the bodies. Abbott refers to the excellent Shakespearean Grammar of Dr. 70. Desdemona has noticed Othello behaving strangely but thinks it must be because of his work. Where is this impulsive and most unfortunate man? I'll love no friend, sith love breeds such offence. She asks God for mercy, both for her and for Otello. Hark, canst thou hear me? Not yet quite dead? Fall, begin. weep’st thou for him to my face? Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all. Enter LODOVICO, MONTANO, CASSIO carried in a chair, and officers with IAGO, prisoner. Then Desdemona's voice is heard from the bed, saying "falsely murdered" and Emilia calls for help. I am glad your father is dead. Cold, cold, my girl, Even like thy chastity. Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak. Blow me about in winds, roast me in sulfur, Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire!— Oh, Desdemona! Therefore these stops of thine fright me the more: For such things in a false disloyal knave, Are tricks of custom, but in a man that's just, They are close delations, working from the heart. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Ay, with Cassio. Please see the bottom of this page for full explanatory notes. Or, unarmed as I am, I will attack you. You idiot! 140. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. When you shall these unlucky deeds relate. Shame! Whip me, ye devils, From the possession of this heavenly sight! If she had been faithful. No, 'faith; she let it drop by negligence. Be not acknown on 't, do not confess to the knowledge Will you please ask that half-devil why he has tricked me and ruined my soul and body? Iago's pretended reluctance excites Othello. What should such a fool Do with so good a wife? Still as the grave. [To OTHELLO] You must leave this room and come with us. You turn my heart to stone. But I won't shed her blood, or scar that skin of hers that is whiter than snow and as smooth as alabaster. You are as ignorant as dirt! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. Oh, farewell! Let him command. 'Othello' is one such work. Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury, was no fan of Shakespeare. Bring the villain forward. It is pitiful, but Iago knows that Desdemona had shamefully cheated on me with Cassio a thousand times. And so, alas, I die—speaking my honest thoughts. This is the end of my journey, the end of the rope, and my final destination. Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on. If you look like this when you are dead, I will kill you and love you after. This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon. If that thou be’st a devil, I cannot kill thee. He says thou told’st him that his wife was false. [within] I do beseech youThat I may speak with you, O good my lord! I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain. She was too attached to her filthy marriage to you to be unfaithful. 443. This wretch hath part confessed his villainy.Did you and he consent in Cassio’s death? My friend, thy husband, honest, honest Iago. A man that languishes in your displeasure. my wife! Farewell the tranquil mind! Shall she come in? From Othello. For this slave, If there be any cunning cruelty That can torment him much and hold him long, It shall be his. Come, guard the door without. . No, sure, I cannot think it. Still, she must die or else she'll betray more men. Be thus when thou art dead and I will kill thee And love thee after. Do you dare to weep for him in front of me? I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain. Thou hast done a deed— I care not for thy sword, I’ll make thee known Though I lost twenty lives.— Help! 387. What can I say to you? If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! Don't let Iago get out. Do not you chide; I have a thing for you. Possibly My great revenge had stomach for them all. These are bad signs, but I hope they do not point to something that is going to happen to me. If thou be'st valiant,-- as, they say, base : men being in love have then a nobility in their : natures more than is native to them--list me. When I have plucked the rose of your life, I can't re-plant it again—it must wither. So, so. of the wood; but Staunton plausibly conjectures hawk. Poor Desdemon! What you know, you know. Yes, ’tis Emilia.— (to EMILIA) By and by.— She’s dead.— 'Tis like she comes to speak of Cassio’s death, The noise was high. But, sith I am enter'd in this cause so far. Fraught, load.  Shakespeare and Race: The Relationship Between Othello and Desdemona If I extinguish you, flame, I can light you again if I have second thoughts. I look down towards his feet, but that’s a fable.If that thou be’st a devil, I cannot kill thee. Alas, why are you biting your lower lip? Will you please ask that half-devil why he has tricked me and ruined my soul and body? Thou art rash as fire,To say that she was false. Desdemona! Your power and your command is taken off And Cassio rules in Cyprus. Oh, she was foul! In jealousy, Othello, the protagonist, kills his innocent wife, Desdemona. O mistress, villainy hath made mocks with love!My husband say that she was false! I am not sorry neither. Oh, are you come, Iago? Not Cassio killed! This sorrow is like that of God, who must strike down the creatures he loves. There was a lot of noise outside. Oh, sweet mistress, say something! I don't know why I should be afraid, since I am not guilty of anything. Yes, with Cassio.  The Moral Enigma of Shakespeare's Othello I never gave him token. I saw the handkerchief. I will not charm my tongue, I am bound to speak. ’tis not so now. 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now. mammer was like stammer, onomatopoetic. DESDEMONA 5 O, that's an honest fellow.Do not doubt, Cassio, 6 But I will have my lord and you again 7 As friendly as you were. Shakespeare Online. No more moving? 250. Some horrible conceit: if thou dost love me. Why, then, to-morrow night; or Tuesday morn; On Tuesday noon, or night; on Wednesday morn: Exceed three days: in faith, he's penitent; And yet his trespass, in our common reason--, Save that, they say, the wars must make examples. Thou dost mean something: I heard thee say even now, thou likedst not that. This is the end of my journey, the end of the rope, and my final destination. You idiot! Be thus when thou art dead and I will kill thee. the Atlantic is also perpetual. If he had had as many lives as hairs on his head, I would have had enough revenge for each one of them. 454. No, I will speak as liberal as the north. 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