{"id":9433,"date":"2026-06-16T20:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9433"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:43:17","slug":"othello-act-ii-scene-iii-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9433","title":{"rendered":"Othello:  Act II, Scene i"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Othello.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Iago<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This speech is used in <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">our interview with Ben Turner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scanned version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Folio Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span>08<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; <\/span>That Cassio loves her, I do well believe \u2019t.\n309.  That she loves him, \u2019tis apt and of great credit.\n310.  The Moor, howbeit that I endure him not,\n311.  Is of a constant, loving, noble nature,\n312.  And I dare think he\u2019ll prove to Desdemona\n313.  A most dear husband. Now, I do love her too,\n314.  Not out of absolute lust (though peradventure\n315.  I stand accountant for as great a sin)\n316.  But partly led to diet my revenge\n317.  For that I do suspect the lusty Moor\n318.  Hath leaped into my seat\u2014the thought whereof\n319.  Doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my inwards,\n320.  And nothing can or shall content my soul\n321.  Till I am evened with him, wife for wife,\n322.  Or, failing so, yet that I put the Moor\n323.  At least into a jealousy so strong\n324.  That judgment cannot cure. Which thing to do,\n325.  If this poor trash of Venice, whom I trace\n326.  For his quick hunting, stand the putting on,\n327.  I\u2019ll have our Michael Cassio on the hip,\n328.  Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb\n329.  (For I fear Cassio with my nightcap too),\n330.  Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me\n331.  For making him egregiously an ass\n332.  And practicing upon his peace and quiet\n333.  Even to madness. \u2019Tis here, but yet confused.\n334.  Knavery\u2019s plain face is never seen till used.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Othello.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 2, Scene 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Iago This speech is used in our interview with Ben Turner Click here for a scanned version Click here for a Folio Version 308.&nbsp; That Cassio loves her, I do well believe \u2019t. 309. That she loves him, \u2019tis apt and of great credit. 310. 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