Here he comes.Īnd his unbookish jealousy must construe 120 He, when he hears of her, cannot restrainįrom the excess of laughter. That dotes on Cassio-as ’tis the strumpet’s plague 115 Will you withdraw?īuys herself bread and clothes. (Apparently, finding objective proof has gone out the window.)īut yet keep time in all. Othello thinks this is a wonderful idea, and says he'll listen with patient and bloody thoughts. Iago tells Othello to hide a little ways away so that he can overhear a conversation between Iago and Cassio, one where Cassio will clearly incriminate himself by talking loosely about Desdemona. I will be found most cunning in my patience, Or I shall say you’re all in all in spleen, 105 Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when Do but encave yourself,Īnd mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns I shifted him away 95īade him anon return and here speak with me, Whilst you were here, o’erwhelmèd with your grief-Ĭassio came hither. Othello then declares Iago to be very wise. Othello, tricked by his own woman, feels he wears such horns.) Iago "comforts" Othello by saying lots of men are deceived by their women it's like a club of whipped brothers. (Cuckolds are men who are led about by the horns by their wives. Othello slowly comes out of his fit and interpret's Iago's question ("Does your head hurt?") to mean Iago is thinking any man's head would hurt if it were burdened by cuckold's horns. O, ’tis the spite of hell, the fiend’s arch-mock,Īnd to suppose her chaste! No, let me know,Īnd knowing what I am, I know what she shall be. Think every bearded fellow that’s but yoked There’s many a beast, then, in a populous city, Would you would bear your fortune like a man! He tells Cassio to leave them for a minute and come back when Othello has left, so they can have a friendly chat. Cassio suggests that perhaps they should try to tend to Othello, but Iago thinks it best to let the man suffer. Iago explains that he's just having a fit-totally normal-in fact, the second one since yesterday. How is it, general? Have you not hurt your head? I would on great occasion speak with you. Look, he stirs.ĭo you withdraw yourself a little while. He had one yesterday.īreaks out to savage madness. My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools areĪnd many worthy and chaste dames even thus,Īll guiltless, meet reproach.-What ho! My lord!Īs Iago gloats over the effects of his wicked work, Cassio comes in and wonders what's going on with Othello. Othello gets so upset he starts mumbling and falls into a trance. Lips-is ’t possible? Confess-handkerchief-O, Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing 50 Lie with her-Zounds, that’sįulsome! Handkerchief-confessions-handkerchief.įirst to be hanged and then to confess-I trembleĪt it. OTHELLO Lie with her? Lie on her? We say “lie on her” 45 Of course Othello takes the meaning Iago wants him to take. Either he slept with her or told a lie about her. Iago isn't totally clear if Cassio said "lie with her" or "lie on her," which is a pretty big difference. Iago wheedles a bit more, now making the outright lie that Cassio claims to have slept with Desdemona.or something. He hath, my lord, but be you well assured,įaith, that he did-I know not what he did. Who having, by their own importunate suitĬonvincèd or supplied them, cannot choose Or heard him say (as knaves be such abroad, If I had said I had seen him do you wrong? 30 And darn it! He wishes he could forget about that stupid handkerchief. Othello then asks whether her honor could be given as freely, too. Iago then brings up the lost handkerchief, saying if he'd given it to a woman, it would be her possession, and she'd be free to give it to anyone she pleased. Her honor is an essence that’s not seen 20īy heaven, I would most gladly have forgot it.Īs doth the raven o’er the infectious house, 25 Why then, ’tis hers, my lord, and being hers, Iago is playing mind games with Othello as usual, forcing him to imagine Desdemona and Cassio in bed together. The devil their virtue tempts, and they temptĮnter Iago and Othello. They that mean virtuously, and yet do so, 10
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