

In complement extern, ’tis not long afterħ0 But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For, sir,Ħ5 Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,įor when my outward action doth demonstrate These fellows have someĪnd such a one do I profess myself. Who, trimmed in forms and visages of duty,ĥ5 Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves,Īnd, throwing but shows of service on their lords,ĭo well thrive by them and when they have linedĭo themselves homage.

Whip me such honest knaves! Others there are That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,ĥ0 Wears out his time, much like his master’s ass,įor naught but provender, and when he’s old, We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Now, sir, be judge yourselfĤ5 I follow him to serve my turn upon him. ’Tis the curse of service.Īnd not by old gradation, where each secondĤ0 Stood heir to th’ first. He, in good time, must his lieutenant be,ģ5 And I, ⟨God ⟩ bless the mark, his Moorship’s ancient.īy heaven, I rather would have been his hangman. But he, sir, had th’ election Īnd I, of whom his eyes had seen the proofģ0 At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on ⟨other ⟩ groundsĬhristened and heathen, must be beleed andīy debitor and creditor. He then kills himself.Ģ5 More than a spinster-unless the bookish theoric,Īs masterly as he. Othello goes mad with jealousy and later smothers Desdemona on their marriage bed, only to learn of Iago’s treachery.

Iago uses this and other ploys-misinterpreted conversations, insinuations, and a lost handkerchief-to convince Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are lovers. He lures Cassio into a drunken fight, for which Cassio loses his new rank Cassio, at Iago’s urging, then begs Desdemona to intervene. In Cyprus, Iago continues to plot against Othello and Cassio. The Senate agrees to let her join Othello in Cyprus. She tells of her love for Othello, and the marriage stands. The Senators wish to send Othello to Cyprus, which is under threat from Turkey. Before the Venetian Senate, Brabantio accuses Othello of bewitching Desdemona. Iago crudely informs Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, that Othello and Desdemona have eloped. Othello has promoted Cassio, not Iago, to be his lieutenant. In Venice, at the start of Othello, the soldier Iago announces his hatred for his commander, Othello, a Moor.
