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THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO; MOOR OF VENICE
OTHELLO; MOOR OF
VENICE
William Shakespeare
1605
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Dramatis Personae
OTHELLO; the Moor; general of the Venetian forces DESDEMONA;
his wife IAGO; ensign to Othello EMILIA; his wife; ladyinwaiting to
Desdemona CASSIO; lieutenant to Othello THE DUKE OF VENICE
BRABANTIO; Venetian Senator; father of Desdemona GRATIANO;
nobleman of Venice; brother of Brabantio LODOVICO; nobleman of
Venice; kinsman of Brabantio RODERIGO; rejected suitor of Desdemona
BIANCA; mistress of Cassio MONTANO; a Cypriot official A Clown in
service to Othello Senators; Sailors; Messengers; Officers; Gentlemen;
Musicians; and Attendants
Scene: Venice and Cyprus
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ACT I。
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SCENE I。 Venice。 A street。
Enter Roderigo and Iago。
RODERIGO。 Tush; never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou;
Iago; who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine; shouldst know of
this。 IAGO。 'Sblood; but you will not hear me。 If ever I did dream of such
a matter; Abhor me。 RODERIGO。 Thou told'st me thou didst hold him in
thy hate。 IAGO。 Despise me; if I do not。 Three great ones of the city; In
personal suit to make me his lieutenant; Offcapp'd to him; and; by the
faith of man; I know my price; I am worth no worse a place。 But he; as
loving his own pride and purposes; Evades them; with a bumbast
circumstance Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war; And; in conclusion;
Nonsuits my mediators; for; 〃Certes;〃 says he; 〃I have already chose my
officer。〃 And what was he? Forsooth; a great arithmetician; One Michael
Cassio; a Florentine (A fellow almost damn'd in a fair wife) That never set
a squadron in the field; Nor the division of a battle knows More than a
spinster; unless the bookish theoric; Wherein the toged consuls can
propose As masterly as he。 Mere prattle without practice Is all his
soldiership。 But he; sir; had the election; And I; of whom his eyes had seen
the proof At Rhodes; at Cyprus; and on other grounds Christian and
heathen; must be belee'd and calm'd By debitor and creditor。 This counter…
…caster; He; in good time; must his lieutenant be; And IGod bless the
mark!his Moorship's ancient。 RODERIGO。 By heaven; I rather would
have been his hangman。 IAGO。 Why; there's no remedy。 'Tis the curse of
service; Preferment goes by letter and affection; And not by old gradation;
where each second Stood heir to the first。 Now; sir; be judge yourself
Whether I in any just term am affined To love the Moor。 RODERIGO。 I
would not follow him then。 IAGO。 O; sir; content you。 I follow him to
serve my turn upon him: We cannot all be masters; nor all masters Cannot
be truly follow'd。 You shall mark Many a duteous and kneecrooking
knave; That doting on his own obsequious bondage Wears out his time;
much like his master's ass; For nought but provender; and when he's old;
cashier'd。 Whip me such honest knaves。 Others there are Who; trimm'd in
forms and visages of duty; Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves;
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And throwing but shows of service on their lords Do well thrive by them;
and when they have lined their coats Do themselves homage。 These
fellows have some soul; And such a one do I profess myself。 For; sir; It is
as sure as you are Roderigo; Were I the Moor; I would not be Iago。 In
following him; I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge; not I for love and
duty; But seeming so; for my peculiar end。 For when my outward action
doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In complement
extern; 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For
daws to peck at: I am not what I am。 RODERIGO。 What a full fortune
does the thicklips owe; If he can carry't thus! IAGO。 Call up her father;
Rouse him; make after him; poison his delight; Proclaim him in the streets;
incense her kinsmen; And; though he in a fertile climate dwell; Plague him
with flies。 Though that his joy be joy; Yet throw such changes of vexation
on't As it may lose some color。 RODERIGO。 Here is her father's house; I'll
call aloud。 IAGO。 Do; with like timorous accent and dire yell As when; by
night and negligence; the fire Is spied in populous cities。 RODERIGO。
What; ho; Brabantio! Signior Brabantio; ho! IAGO。 Awake! What; ho;
Brabantio! Thieves! Thieves! Thieves! Look to your house; your daughter;
and your bags! Thieves! Thieves!
Brabantio appears above; at a window。
BRABANTIO。 What is the reason of this terrible summons? What is
the matter there? RODERIGO。 Signior; is all your family within? IAGO。
Are your doors lock'd? BRABANTIO。 Why? Wherefore ask you this?
IAGO。 'Zounds; sir; you're robb'd! 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! BRABANTIO。 What; have you lost your wits? RODERIGO。 Most
reverend signior; do you know my voice? BRABANTIO。 Not I。 What are
you? RODERIGO。 My name is Roderigo。 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 draughts; Upon malicious
bravery; dost thou come To start my quiet。 RODERIGO。 Sir; sir; sir
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BRABANTIO。 But thou must needs be sure My spirit and my place have
in them power To make this bitter to thee。 RODERIGO。 Patience; good sir。
BRABANTIO。 What tell'st thou me of robbing? This is Venice; My house
is not a grange。 RODERIGO。 Most grave Brabantio; In simple and pure
soul I come to you。 IAGO。 'Zounds; sir; you are one of those that will not
serve God; if the devil bid you。 Because we come to do you service and
you think we are ruffians; you'll have your daughter covered with a
Barbary horse; you'll have your nephews neigh to you; you'll have
coursers for cousins; and gennets for germans。 BRABANTIO。 What
profane wretch art thou? IAGO。 I am one; sir; that comes to tell you your
daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs。
BRABANTIO。 Thou are a villain。 IAGO。 You area senator。
BRABANTIO。 This thou shalt answer; I know thee; Roderigo。
RODERIGO。 Sir; I will answer anything。 But; I beseech you; If't be your
pleasure and most wise consent; As partly I find it is; that your fair
daughter; At this oddeven and dull watch o' the night; Transported with
no worse nor better guard But with a knave of common hire; a gondolier;
To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor If this be known to you; and
your allowance; We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs; But if
you know not this; my manners tell me We have your wrong rebuke。 Do
not believe That; from the sense of all civility; I thus would play and trifle
with your reverence。 Your daughter; if you have not given her leave; I say
again; hath made a gross revolt; Tying her duty; beauty; wit; and fortunes
In an extravagant and wheeling stranger Of here and everywhere。 Straight
satisfy yourse