![]() ![]() ‘Where have you hidden my daughter? Devil that you are, you’ve put a spell on her. ‘You have more authority with your age and wisdom than with your weapons.’īrabantio went right up to the General and thrust his chin out. ‘Keep your bright swords up,’ he said, ‘or the dew will rust them.’ He took a few steps towards Brabantio. Roderigo understood the pretence and drew his sword too, but before he could find out how such a situation was going to be resolved Othello came between them. Iago stepped in front of Othello and drew his sword. Roderigo was at the front of the oncoming group, walking at Brabantio’s side. When they were near Iago stopped Othello with a hand on his shoulder. ‘Another party looking for you,’ said Cassio. ‘Why, to…’ Iago stopped as Othello came through the door. ![]() ‘He’s boarded a well-stocked ship tonight and if he can get away with it he’s made forever.’ I have some business in the inn and then ‘I’ll go with you.’ ‘Well I’m glad it was you who found me,’ said Othello. They’ve been frantically looking for you and when you weren’t at your lodging they sent about three separate parties to search for you.’ Many of the consuls have got up and gathered together, and they’re at the Duke’s already. ![]() The fleet has sent a dozen messengers one after the other, all on top of each other. ‘Some news from Cyprus, as far as I can gather. ‘The Duke sends his compliments, General, and desires your immediate attendance. ‘By Janus, I don‘t think it is,’ said Iago as the men, carrying torches, came closer. Everything about me, and my clear conscience, will show me to be in the right. ‘That’s the father and his friends,’ said Iago. You should know, too, Iago, except that I love gentle Desdemona, I would never have risked my freedom for all the sea’s worth. I come from a royal line and I’ve earned the position I’ve reached. That record is something I haven’t yet revealed: I would only talk about it if I thought that boasting was a virtue. ‘My record of service to the senate will contradict his complaints. He will dissolve the marriage or penalise you as much as the law, with all his ability to enforce it, will allow him to.’ ![]() ‘But tell me Sir, did you get married? Because one thing you can be sure of is that the Magnifico is very popular and can command at least twice as many votes as the Duke can. ‘He went on and on and said such disgusting, provocative things about you, so much so that with my lack of godliness I found it difficult to stop myself.’ ‘It’s better that that you didn’t,’ the General told him. I wanted to stab him here between the ribs about nine or ten times,’ he said. Sometimes I think I don’t have enough bad in me to do myself any good. Iago had sent a serving man to call Othello out of the inn and now he was briefing the General on the latest developments.‘ Although I’ve killed men in war, as a matter of conscience I wouldn’t deliberately murder anyone. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
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