Who has the most lines? Are they using prose or verse? Actors at the RSC often put the language into their own words to help them understand what they are saying. You can click on the text that is highlighted for extra guidance. Close Othello. Have you prayed tonight, Desdemon? Ay, my lord.
If you bethink yourself of any crime Unreconciled as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight. I would not kill thy soul. Talk you of killing? Ay, I do. Then heaven Have mercy on me! Amen, with all my heart! If you say so, I hope you will not kill me. Think on thy sins. They are loves I bear to you.
Ay, and for that thou diest. Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame: These are portents, but yet I hope, I hope They do not point on me. Peace, and be still! I will - so. No, by my life and soul! Authors Authors and affiliations Derek Cohen. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access. Google Scholar. Edward A. Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy London: Macmillan, , p. Othello , edited by M. Ridley London: Methuen, , p. Derek Cohen 1 1. Growing frightened, Desdemona asks her husband why he means to kill her, and Othello responds that she has been unfaithful to him with Cassio—he has seen the proof in the handkerchief.
Desdemona begins to weep for Cassio, which only drives Othello into a greater rage. Wrestling with her as she begs to be allowed to live just a little longer, Othello finally succeeds in smothering his wife. Thinking himself to be merciful, and not wanting to have his wife linger in pain, he smothers her again.
Othello draws the bed curtains and lets Emilia in. Emilia informs Othello that Cassio has killed Roderigo. Othello asks if Cassio has been killed as well, and Emilia informs him that Cassio is alive. As Othello begins to realize that his plans have gone awry, Desdemona cries out that she has been murdered. She stays alive long enough to recant this statement, telling Emilia that she was not murdered but killed herself. She dies. Almost to himself, Graziano expresses relief that Brabanzio is dead—the first news the audience has heard of this—and has not lived to see his daughter come to such a terrible end.
Graziano stops him and Emilia explains how she found the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. Othello runs at Iago but is disarmed by Montano.
In the commotion, Iago is able to stab his wife, who falls, apparently dying. Iago flees and is pursued by Montano and Graziano. Left alone onstage with the bodies of the two women, Othello searches for another sword.
Graziano returns to find Othello armed and defiant, mourning the loss of his wife. They are joined shortly by Montano, Lodovico, Cassio, and Iago, who is being held prisoner. Othello stabs Iago, wounding him, and Lodovico orders some soldiers to disarm Othello. Iago sneers that he bleeds but is not killed.
Seeking some kind of final reconciliation, Othello asks Cassio how he came by the handkerchief, and Cassio replies that he found it in his chamber. Lodovico tells Othello that he must come with them back to Venice, and that he will be stripped of his power and command and put on trial. He reminds them of a time in Aleppo when he served the Venetian state and slew a malignant Turk. Lodovico prepares to leave for Venice to bear the news from Cyprus to the duke and senate.
In the first scene of Act V, we see the utterly futile end of Roderigo and his plans. Roderigo was first persuaded that he need only follow Othello and Desdemona to Cyprus in order to win over Desdemona, then that he need only disgrace Cassio, then that he need only kill Cassio.
Now, Roderigo, stabbed by the man who gave him false hope, dies empty-handed in every possible way. Roderigo is certainly a pathetic character, evidenced by the fact that he does not even succeed in killing Cassio.
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