Othello

by: William Shakespeare

Act 4 Scene 2

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Enter OTHELLO and EMILIA	OTHELLO and EMILIA enter.
OTHELLO You have seen nothing then?	OTHELLO You haven’t seen anything, then?
EMILIA Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect.	EMILIA No, and I didn’t hear anything either, or suspect anything at all.
OTHELLO Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together.	OTHELLO But you’ve seen her and Cassio together.
EMILIA But then I saw no harm, and then I heard 5Each syllable that breath made up between them.	EMILIA Yes, but I didn’t see anything wrong, and I heard every syllable they said.
OTHELLO What, did they never whisper?	OTHELLO Didn’t they ever whisper?
EMILIA Never, my lord.	EMILIA Never, my lord.
OTHELLO Nor send you out o' th' way?	OTHELLO Or ask you to leave the room?
EMILIA Never.	EMILIA Never.
OTHELLO 10To fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor nothing?	OTHELLO Not even to get her fan, or her gloves, or her mask, or anything?
EMILIA Never, my lord.	EMILIA No, my lord.
OTHELLO That’s strange.	OTHELLO That’s strange.
EMILIA I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other 15Remove your thought, it doth abuse your bosom. If any wretch have put this in your head Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse For if she be not honest, chaste, and true There’s no man happy. The purest of their wives 20Is foul as slander.	EMILIA I’d swear to you on my soul that she’s a good, honest person, sir. If you suspect otherwise, stop thinking that right now because you’re wrong. If any jerk has tried to convince you she’s bad, I hope God curses him. If she’s not honest, faithful, and true, then there’s no such thing as a faithful wife or a happy husband.

Read the Summary of Act IV, scenes ii–iii

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