![]() ![]() That’s the beginning and end of my offence. ![]() It’s true that I have taken this old man’s daughter away. ‘Most powerful, grave and revered signors,’ he began. Othello stood up and the room went quiet. ‘What do you have to say about this, Othello?’īefore Othello could answer Brabantio said: ‘There’s nothing he can say. The senators muttered, expressing shock and regret. This Moor who, now it seems, you’ve brought here on special state business.’ ‘Whoever has used these foul methods to influence your daughter and take her from you will be judged by you personally with whatever sentence seems right to you. Without witchcraft nature couldn’t have gone so wrong considering that she’s not stupid, blind or paralysed.’ She’s been abused, stolen from me and corrupted by spells and medicines bought from charlatans. ‘What’s the matter?’īrabantio thrust his head into his hands. Present situation gripped me, because my own grief is of such an overwhelming nature that it engulfs everything else.’ Neither state business nor my position as a senator has brought me here. ‘We have to send you urgently to deal with the enemy, the Ottomans. The Duke got up and escorted Othello to the table. ‘Here’s Brabantio and the valiant Moor,’ the senator said.īrabantio and Othello came in, followed by Iago, Roderigo and the officers. ‘He’s in Florence,’ one of the senators said. Where’s Marcus Luccicos? Isn’t he in town?’ ‘And now they’re doubling back and quite openly sailing towards Cyprus.’ ![]() The officer at the door announced another messenger who told them that the Ottoman fleet, sailing towards Rhodes, had been joined by another fleet. If you think about it, the Turks are not so stupid as to leave the more important target till later and go for the more difficult and perilous first, particularly when there’s nothing in it for them.’ Consider the importance of Cyprus to the Turks and think about how much more it concerns the Turks than Rhodes does, and also how less well defended it is than Rhodes – in fact, it’s almost completely without defences. ‘It’s impossible,’ one of the senators said. ‘What do you make of this change?’ he said. When the messenger had left the Duke looked round the table. ‘Signor Angelo sent me to report that the Turkish fleet is making for Rhodes,’ the messenger told them. An officer opened it and announced another messenger from the fleet. Even though they disagree in the details the main message is worryingly clear.’ ‘And although they don’t agree, and where there are explanations they differ, they all confirm a Turkish fleet advancing on Cyprus.’ ‘And mine, two hundred,’ said another senator. ‘And mine a hundred and forty,’ said the Duke. ‘My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.’ ‘There’s no consistency in this news that could give it any credit.’ The Duke indicated the pile of documents spread across the table. The council chamber was brightly lit and the Duke and his senators sat at a conference table. 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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