Monologue

Iago Monologue from Othello

From Othello by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 1:05 min

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Stand you awhile apart, Confine yourself but in a patient list. Whilst you were here o’erwhelmed with your grief, (A passion most unsuiting such a man) Cassio came hither. I shifted him away, And laid good ’scuse upon your ecstasy, Bade him anon return, and here speak with me, The which he promis’d. Do but encave yourself, And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns, That dwell in every region of his face; For I will make him tell the tale anew, Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when He hath, and is again to cope your wife: I say, but mark his gesture. Marry, patience, Or I shall say you are all in all in spleen, And nothing of a man.

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Iago is plotting against Othello, instructing another character to observe Cassio's behavior as part of his deceitful scheme to manipulate Othello's emotions and actions.

30s · determination · betrayal · jealousy · manipulation · power

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