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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

Emilia
It’s the wind.
Desdemona
I call’d my love false love; but what said he then?
Sing willow, willow, willow:
If I court moe women, you’ll couch with moe men!
So, get thee gone; good night. Mine eyes do itch;
Doth that bode weeping?
Singing.
Emilia
’Tis neither here nor there.
Desdemona
I have heard it said so. O, these men, these men!
Dost thou in conscience think⁠—tell me, Emilia⁠—
That there be women do abuse their husbands
In such gross kind?
Emilia
There be some such, no question.
Desdemona
Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?
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