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English Literature- Othello > Key Quotations > Flashcards

Key Quotations Flashcards

1
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Iago “I follow him to…

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Serve my turn upon him”

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2
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Iago” am old black ram is…

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Typing your white ewe”

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Iago “ poison his delight…

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Plague him with flies”

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Iago” though I do hate him…

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As I do hell pains”

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5
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Othello “ I love the…

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Gentle Desdemona”

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Iago” with the little godliness I have…

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, I did full hard forbear him”

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Othello “ my parts, my title and my…

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Perfect soul shall manifest”

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8
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Brabantio “foul thief…

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Thou hast enchanted her”

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9
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Brabantio “ t’incur a general mock…

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To the sooty bosom”

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Brabantio “with foul charms…

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Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals”

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Brabantio “she shunned the wealthy…

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Curléd darlings of our nations”

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12
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First senator” the valiant…

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Moot”

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13
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Othello “ what drugs, what conjuration, and what mighty magic…

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I won his daughter”

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14
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Brabantio” blushed at herself- in spite of nature…

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Against all rules of nature… cunning hell”

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15
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Iago” I hate the moor…

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Twixt my sheets”

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16
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Act 2

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Act 2

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17
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Montano” wind hath…

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Spoke”

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18
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Second gentlemen” the wind- shaked surge with…

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High and monstrous mane”

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19
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Third gentlemen “ the desperate tempest…

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Hath so banged the Turks

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20
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Third gentlemen “foul and …

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Violent tempest”

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21
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Cassio “ their mortal natures, letting go safely …

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By the divine Desdemona”

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22
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Cassio “hail to thee lady…

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He kisses Emilia (italics)”

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23
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Iago “ Sir, would she give you so much of her lips…

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As of her tongue she oft bestows me”

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24
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Iago” housewives in your beds…

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You rise to play, and go to bed to work”

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25
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Iago” with as little a web as this will ensnare…

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As a great a fly as Cassio”

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26
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Iago “the wine she drinks is…

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Made of grapes”

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27
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Iago “her eye must….

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Be fed”

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28
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Herald “ it is Othello’s pleasure…

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Our noble and valiant general”

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29
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Herald “mere perdition…

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Of the Turkish fleet”

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30
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Herald “ full liberty of feasting..

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From this present hour of five”

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31
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Othello “Iago is the most..

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Honest”

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32
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Cassio “ I have drunk but…

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One cup tonight”

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33
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Cassio “my reputation Iago,…

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My reputation!”

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34
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Iago “ I’ll pour this pestilence…

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In his ear”

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35
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Iago “Divinity of hell! When devils…

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Will the blackest sins put on”

36
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Act 3

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Act 3

37
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Boy musician “ whereby hangs a…

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Tail, sir?”

38
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Clown “ Go vanish into air,

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Away!”

39
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Cassio” I never knew a Florentine…

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More kind and honest”

40
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Emilia” he protests…

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He loves you”

41
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Cassio “ give me advantage of some brief discourse…

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With Desdemona alone”

42
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Emilia “ to speak your….

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Bosom freely”

43
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Othello” these letters give, Iago…

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, to the pilot”

44
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Othello” perdition catch my soul I do love thee!…

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And when I love thee not, chaos is come again”

45
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Iago “ O beware, my Lord, of jealousy!…

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It is the green eyed monster which dory mock the meat it feeds on”

46
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Iago “ Have you not seen a handkerchief…

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Spotted with strawberries in your wife’s hand?

47
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Iago” the laid his leg, over my thigh,and sigh’d, and kiss’d…

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And then cried” cursed fate that gave thee to the moor”

48
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Iago” prime as goats,…

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Hot as monkeys”

49
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Iago “ foul disproportions…

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Thoughts unnatural”

50
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Othello” farewell the tranquil mind; …

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Farewell content;”

51
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Othello” as Dians visage …

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Is now begrimed black”

52
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Othello “ o, blood…

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Blood,blood”

53
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Othello” Damn her, lewd minx!…

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O damn her, damn her”

54
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Desdemona” Id rather lost my purse full of crusadoes…

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Then my noble Moor”

55
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Othello “ hot, hot and moist…

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Sweating devil here “

56
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Othello “ to lose’t or give’t away…

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We’re such perdition”

57
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Emilia “ they are all but stomachs,…

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And we all but food.. and when they are full, they belch us”

58
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Emilia “ not jealous for the cause….

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But jealous for they’re jealous”

59
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Act 4

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Act4

60
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Othello” naked in bed, Iago…

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And not mean harm? It is hypocrisy against the devil”

61
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Othello” boding to all…

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  • he had my handkerchief”
62
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Othello” is’t possible ? Confess?…

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O, devil!”

63
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Iago “ there’s many a beast in a populous city…,

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And many a civil monster”

64
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Iago “ a hussy that…

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By selling her desires”

65
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Bianca stage direction” she throws down…

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The handkerchief “

66
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Othello” ya, let her rot and perish and be damned …

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Tonight for she shall not live “

67
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Othello “ my heart is turned…

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To atone”

68
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Iago” strangle her in bed,…

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Even the bed she hath contaminated”

69
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Othello”each drop she falls will prove…

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A crocodile - out of my sight!”

70
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Desdemona “ your wife, my lord, …

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Your true and loyal wife”

71
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Desdemona “ and his unkindness may defeat my life…

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But never taint my love”

72
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Desdemona “no as I a Christian…

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Be not to be a Strumpet . I am none”

73
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Othello” this is a subtle…

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Whore”

74
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Othello” ah Desdemona …

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Away,away, away”

75
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Othello” impudent

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Strumpet “

76
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Emilia “ the moors abused by some…

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Villanous knave “

77
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Desdemona “ song of willow…

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And she died singing it”

78
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Desdemona “ tell me Emilia , do women such abuse …

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Their husbands in such a gross kind”

79
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Act 5

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Act 5

80
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Roderigo “ forth my sword …

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He dies”

81
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Iago “ he hath a daily beauty in his …

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Life that makes me ugly”

82
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Othello” o brave Iago…

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Honest and just”

83
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Cassio” murder…

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Murder”

84
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Roderigo “ o damned Iago!…O”

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Inhuman dog”

85
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Cassio “my leg is ..

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In two”

86
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Iago” this is the night that either…

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Makes me, or fordoes me quite”

87
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Othello” yet, she must die…

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Else she’ll betray more men”

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