{"product_id":"othello-isbn-9780553213027","title":"Othello","description":"Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the horrifyingly envious villain Iago methodically to promote the “green-eyed monster” jealousy, until, in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history, the noble Moor destroys the woman he loves–only to discover too late that she was innocent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach Edition Includes:\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehensive explanatory notes \u003cbr\u003e• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship \u003cbr\u003e• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English\u003cbr\u003e• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories \u003cbr\u003e• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmographyWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23.  The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse.  He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community.  William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education.  In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna.  She was born on May 26, 1583.  Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585.  By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright.  A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.”  Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord  Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men).  In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River.  Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin.  In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and he wrote poems, including \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609.  In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHenry VII\u003c\/b\u003e until about 1613.  He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.  No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.\u003cp\u003eThe Names of the Actors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthello,  the Moor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio, [a senator,] father to Desdemona \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassio, an honorable lieutenant [to Othello]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago, [Othello's ancient,] a villain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo, a gulled gentleman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuke of Venice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenators [of Venice]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontano, Governor of Cyprus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGentlemen of Cyprus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLodovico and Gratiano, [kinsmen to Brabantio,] two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoble Venetians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esailors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesdemona, [daughter to Brabantio and] wife to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthello\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmilia, wife to Iago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBianca, a courtesan [and mistress to Cassio]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[a messenger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea musician\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServants, Attendants, Officers, Senators,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusicians, Gentlemen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escene: Venice; a seaport in Cyprus]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Location: Venice. A street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 never tell me (An expression of incredulity, like \"tell me another one.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 this i.e., Desdemona's elopement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 'Blood By His (Christ's) blood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 him Othello\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Bombast circumstance wordy evasion. (Bombast is cotton padding.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 epithets of war military expressions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Nonsuits rejects the petition of.   Certes Certainly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 arithmetician i.e., a man whose military knowledge is merely theoretical, based on books of tactics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 A . . . wife (Cassio does not seem to be married, but his counterpart in Shakespeare's source does have a woman in his house. See also 4.1.131.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 division of a battle disposition of a military unit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 a spinster i.e., a housewife, one whose regular occupation is spinning.   Theoric theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 Togaed consuls toga-wearing counselors or senators.   propose discuss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1  A  Enter Roderigo and Iago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat thou, Iago, who hast had my purse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago  'Sblood, but you'll not hear me. 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf ever I did dream of such a matter,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbhor me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou told'st me thou didst hold him in thy hate. 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago  Despise me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I do not. Three great ones of the city,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn personal suit to make me his lieutenant,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOff-capped to him; and by the faith of man,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know my price, I am worth no worse a place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he, as loving his own pride and purposes,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvades them with a bombast circumstance 14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHorribly stuffed with epithets of war, 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, in conclusion,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonsuits my mediators. For, \"Certes,\" says he, 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have already chose my officer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what was he?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForsooth, a great arithmetician, 20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne Michael Cassio, a Florentine,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fellow almost damned in a fair wife, 22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat never set a squadron in the field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor the division of a battle knows 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a spinster--unless the bookish theoric, 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWherein the Togaed consuls can propose 26\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs masterly as he. Mere prattle without practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs all his soldiership. But he, sir, had th'election;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 his Othello's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 Beleed and calmed left to leeward without wind, becalmed. (A sailing metaphor.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32 Debitor and Creditor (A name for a system of bookkeeping, here used as a contemptuous nickname for Cassio.)   countercaster i.e., bookkeeper, one who tallies with counters, or \"metal disks.\" (Said contemptuously.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33 in good time opportunely, i.e., forsooth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 God bless the mark (Perhaps originally a formula to ward off evil; here an expression of impatience.)   ancient standard-bearer, ensign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 his hangman the executioner of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 Preferment promotion.   letter and affection personal influence and favoritism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 old gradation step-by-step seniority, the traditional way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 term respect.   affined bound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43 content you don't you worry about that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e46 truly faithfully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 cashiered dismissed from service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51 Whip me Whip, as far as I'm concerned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52 trimmed . . . duty dressed up in the mere form and show of dutifulness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e55 lined their coats i.e., stuffed their purses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 Do themselves homage i.e., attend to self-interest solely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof 29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristened and heathen, must be beleed and calmed 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy debitor and creditor. This countercaster, 32\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe, in good time, must his lieutenant be, 33\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I--God bless the mark!--His Moorship's ancient. 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy heaven, I rather would have been his hangman. 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, there's no remedy. 'Tis the curse of service;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreferment goes by letter and affection, 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd not by old gradation, where each second 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStood heir to th' first. Now, sir, be judge yourself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether I in any just term am affined 40\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo love the Moor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo  I would not follow him then.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago  Oh, sir, content you. 43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI follow him to serve my turn upon him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe cannot all be masters, nor all masters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCannot be truly followed. You shall mark 46\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany a duteous and knee-crooking knave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat, doting on his own obsequious bondage,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWears out his time, much like his master's ass,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor naught but provender, and when he's old,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  cashiered. 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhip me such honest knaves. Others there are 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho, trimmed in forms and visages of duty, 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep yet their hearts attending on themselves,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, throwing but shows of service on their lords,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo well thrive by them, and when they have lined\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  their coats, 55\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo themselves homage. These fellows have some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  soul, 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59 Were . . . Iago i.e., if I were able to assume command, I certainly would not choose to remain a subordinate, or, I would keep a suspicious eye on a flattering subordinate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e62 peculiar particular, personal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e64 native innate.   figure shape, intent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 compliment extern outward show (conforming in this case to the inner workings and intention of the heart)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e67 Daws small crowlike birds, proverbially stupid and avaricious.   I am not what I am i.e., I am not one who wears his heart on his sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e68 full swelling.   thick-lips (Elizabethans often applied the term \"Moor\" to Negroes.)   owe own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69 Carry't thus carry this off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72-3 though . . . flies though he seems prosperous and happy now, vex him with misery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e73 Though . . . be joy Although he seems fortunate and happy. (Repeats the idea of line 72.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74 changes of vexation vexing changes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e75 As . . . color that may cause it to lose some of its first gloss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e77 timorous frightening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e78 As . . . fire as when a fire, having gained hold by negligence at night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e83.1 at a window (This stage direction, from the quarto, probably calls for an appearance on the gallery above and rearstage.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd such a one do I profess myself. For, sir,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is as sure as you are Roderigo,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere I the Moor I would not be Iago. 59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn following him, I follow but myself--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut seeming so for my peculiar end. 62\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor when my outward action doth demonstrate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe native act and figure of my heart 64\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn compliment extern, 'tis not long after 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I will wear my heart upon my sleeve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor daws to peck at. I am not what I am. 67\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a full fortune does the thick-lips owe 68\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf he can carry't thus!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago Call up her father. 69\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRouse him, make after him, poison his delight,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProclaim him in the streets; incense her kinsmen,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, though he in a fertile climate dwell, 72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlague him with flies. Though that his joy be joy, 73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet throw such changes of vexation on't 74\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it may lose some color. 75\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is her father's house. I'll call aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo, with like timorous accent and dire yell 77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs when, by night and negligence, the fire 78\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs spied in populous cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ho, Brabantio! Signor Brabantio, ho!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwake! What ho, Brabantio! Thieves, thieves, thieves!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook to your house, your daughter, and your bags!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThieves, thieves! 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio [enters] above [at a window].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e88 Zounds By His (Christ's) wounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e91 Tupping covering, copulating with. (Said of sheep.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e92 snorting snoring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93 the devil (The devil was conventionally pictured as black.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e102 distemp'ring intoxicating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e103 Upon malicious bravery with hostile intent to defy me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e104 start startle, disrupt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the reason of this terrible summons?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the matter there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSignor, is all your family within?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre your doors locked?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio Why, wherefore ask you this?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZounds, sir, you're robbed. For shame, put on your\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  gown! 88\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour heart is burst; you have lost half your soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven now, now, very now, an old black ram\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise! 91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwake the snorting citizens with the bell, 92\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr else the devil will make a grandsire of you. 93\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArise, I say!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio  What, have you lost your wits?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost reverend signor, do you know my voice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio  Not I. What are you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo  My name is Roderigo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio  The worser welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have charged thee not to haunt about my doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn honest plainness thou hast heard me say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing full of supper and distemp'ring drafts, 102\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon malicious bravery dost thou come 103\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo start my quiet. 104\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir, sir, sir--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio  But thou must needs be sure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e106 My . . . power my temperament and my authority of office have it in their power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e109 grange isolated country house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e110 simple sincere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e114 Barbary from northern Africa (and hence associated with Othello)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e115 nephews i.e., grandsons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e115-16 you'll . . . Germans you'll consent to have powerful horses for kinfolks and small Spanish horses for near relatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e121 a senator (Said with mock politeness, as though the word itself were an insult.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e122 Answer be held accountable for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e124 wise well-informed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e126 At . . . night at this hour that is between day and night, neither the one nor the other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e127 with by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e128 But with a knave than by a low fellow, a servant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e130 and your allowance and has your permission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e131 saucy insolent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy spirits and my place have in their power 106\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make this bitter to thee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo Patience, good sir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat tell'st thou me of robbing? This is Venice;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy house is not a grange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo Most grave Brabantio, 109\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn simple and pure soul I come to you. 110\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago  Zounds, sir, you are one of those that will not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eserve God if the devil bid you. Because we come to do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou service and you think we are ruffians, you'll have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you'll  114\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave your nephews neigh to you; you'll have coursers  115\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor cousins and jennets for germans. 116\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio  What profane wretch art thou?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago  I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Moor are now making the beast with two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou art a villain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago You are--a senator. 121\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thou shalt answer. I know thee, Roderigo. 122\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir, I will answer anything. But I beseech you,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf't be your pleasure and most wise consent-- 124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs partly I find it is--that your fair daughter,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this odd-even and dull watch o'th' night, 126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransported with no worse nor better guard 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, 128\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf this be known to you and your allowance 130\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. 131\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if you know not this, my manners tell me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e134 from contrary to.   civility good manners, decency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e135 your reverence (1) the respect due to you (2) Your Reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e138 wit intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e139-40 In . . . everywhere to a wandering and vagabond foreigner of uncertain origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e140 Straight Straightaway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e144 tinder charred linen ignited by a spark from flint and steel, used to light torches or tapers (lines 145, 170)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e146 accident occurrence, event\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e149 meet fitting.   place position (as ensign)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e150 producted produced (as a witness)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e152 gall rub; oppress.   check rebuke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e153 cast dismiss.   embarked engaged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e154 loud urgent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e155 stands in act have started.   for their souls to save their souls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e156 fathom i.e., ability, depth of experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e157 in which regard out of regard for which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e159 life livelihood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e162 Sagittary (An inn or house where Othello and Desdemona are staying, named for its sign of Sagittarius, or Centaur.)   raised search search party roused out of sleep\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e163.1 nightgown dressing gown. (This costuming is specified in the quarto text.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have your wrong rebuke. Do not believe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat, from the sense of all civility, 134\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI thus would play and trifle with your reverence. 135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour daughter, if you have not given her leave,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI say again, hath made a gross revolt,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes 138\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an extravagant and wheeling stranger 139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf here and everywhere. Straight satisfy yourself. 140\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf she be in her chamber or your house,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet loose on me the justice of the state\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thus deluding you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio [calling] Strike on the tinder, ho! 144\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive me a taper! Call up all my people!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis accident is not unlike my dream. 146\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelief of it oppresses me already.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight, I say, light! Exit [above].\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIago Farewell, for I must leave you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems not meet nor wholesome to my place 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be producted--as, if I stay, I shall-- 150\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the Moor. For I do know the state,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever this may gall him with some check, 152\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCannot with safety cast him, for he's embarked 153\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith such loud reason to the Cyprus wars, 154\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich even now stands in act, that, for their souls, 155\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother of his fathom they have none 156\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo lead their business; in which regard, 157\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough I do hate him as I do hell pains,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet for necessity of present life 159\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI must show out a flag and sign of love,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is indeed but sign. That you shall surely find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  him,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLead to the Sagittary the raised search, 162\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there will I be with him. So farewell. Exit. 163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter [below] Brabantio [in his nightgown] with servants and torches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e165 time i.e., remainder of life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e175 charms spells\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e176 property special quality, nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e177 abused deceived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e182 discover reveal, uncover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e185 command demand assistance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e187 deserve show gratitude for\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is too true an evil. Gone she is;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what's to come of my despised time 165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs naught but bitterness. Now, Roderigo,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere didst thou see her?--Oh, unhappy girl!--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Moor, say'st thou?--Who would be a father!--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow didst thou know 'twas she?--Oh, she deceives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePast thought!--What said she to you?--Get more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  tapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaise all my kindred.--Are they married, think you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo  Truly, I think they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, heaven! How got she out? Oh, treason of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  blood!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy what you see them act. Is there not charms 175\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy which the property of youth and maidhood 176\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay be abused? Have you not read, Roderigo, 177\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf some such thing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo Yes, sir, I have indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall up my brother.--Oh, would you had had her!--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome one way, some another.--Do you know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere we may apprehend her and the Moor?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoderigo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think I can discover him, if you please 182\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo get good guard and go along with me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrabantio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePray you, lead on. At every house I'll call;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI may command at most.--Get weapons, ho! 185\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd raise some special officers of night.--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn, good Roderigo. 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