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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