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Jealousy destroys the marriage between an older black man and a younger white woman in 1500s Venice.

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Act IV

Othello
Hath he said any thing?
Iago
He hath, my lord; but be you well assured,
No more than he’ll unswear.
Othello
What hath he said?
Iago
’Faith, that he did⁠—I know not what he did.
Othello
What? what?
Iago
Lie⁠—
Othello
With her?
Iago
With her, on her; what you will.
Othello
Lie with her! lie on her! We say lie on her, when
they belie her. Lie with her! that’s fulsome.
—Handkerchief⁠—confessions⁠—handkerchief!⁠—To
confess, and be hanged for his labour;⁠—first, to be
hanged, and then to confess.⁠—I tremble at it.
Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing
passion without some instruction. It is not words
that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips.
—Is’t possible?⁠—Confess⁠—handkerchief!⁠—O devil!⁠—
Falls in a trance.
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