Othello. William Shakespeare

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      William Shakespeare

      Othello

      Including The Life of William Shakespeare

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      ISBN 978-80-272-2382-4

Table of Contents

       Othello

       Persons Represented

       ACT I

       ACT II

       ACT III

       ACT IV

       ACT V

       The Life of William Shakespeare

       PREFACE

       I—PARENTAGE AND BIRTH

       II—CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, AND MARRIAGE

       III—THE FAREWELL TO STRATFORD

       IV—ON THE LONDON STAGE

       V.—EARLY DRAMATIC EFFORTS

       VI—THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE READING PUBLIC

       VII—THE SONNETS AND THEIR LITERARY HISTORY

       VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS

       IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON

       X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS

       XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER

       XII—THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE

       XIII—MATURITY OF GENIUS

       XIV—THE HIGHEST THEMES OF TRAGEDY

       XV—THE LATEST PLAYS

       XVI—THE CLOSE OF LIFE

       XVII—SURVIVORS AND DESCENDANTS

       XVIII—AUTOGRAPHS, PORTRAITS, AND MEMORIALS

       XIX—BIBLIOGRAPHY

       XX—POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION

       XXI—GENERAL ESTIMATE

       APPENDIX

      Othello

      Persons Represented

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       DUKE OF VENICE

       BRABANTIO, a Senator

       Other Senators

       GRATIANO, Brother to Brabantio

       LODOVICO, Kinsman to Brabantio

       OTHELLO, a noble Moor, in the service of Venice

       CASSIO, his Lieutenant

       IAGO, his Ancient

       MONTANO, Othello’s predecessor in the government of Cyprus

       RODERIGO, a Venetian Gentleman

       CLOWN, Servant to Othello

       Herald

       DESDEMONA, Daughter to Brabantio and Wife to Othello

       EMILIA, Wife to Iago

       BIANCA, Mistress to Cassio

       Officers, Gentlemen, Messenger, Musicians, Herald, Sailor, Attendants, &c.

       SCENE:

       The First Act in Venice;

       during the rest of the Play at a Seaport in Cyprus.

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,

       Off-capp’d to him:—and, by the faith of man,

       I know my price, I am worth no worse a place:—