Othello

by: William Shakespeare

Act 5 Scene 1

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter CASSIO	CASSIO enters.
RODERIGO I know his gait, ’tis he.—Villain, thou diest!	RODERIGO I know the sound of his walk.—Die, villain!
Thrusts at CASSIO	RODERIGO thrusts his sword at CASSIO.
CASSIO That thrust had been mine enemy indeed 25But that my coat is better than thou know’st I will make proof of thine.	CASSIO That thrust might really have hurt me if I didn’t have this armor on under my cloak. Now let’s see what you’ve got on.
Draws, and wounds RODERIGO	CASSIOdraws his sword and stabs Roderigo.
RODERIGO Oh, I am slain!	RODERIGO Oh, I’m dead!
IAGO from behind wounds CASSIO in the legs, exits	From behind, IAGO stabs CASSIO in the leg and then exits.
CASSIO I am maimed for ever. Help, ho! Murder! Murder!	CASSIO I’ll be crippled forever! Help! Murder! murder!
Enter OTHELLO	OTHELLO enters.
OTHELLO The voice of Cassio. Iago keeps his word.	OTHELLO That’s Cassio’s voice. Iago has kept his word.
RODERIGO Oh, villain that I am!	RODERIGO Oh, what a villain I am!
OTHELLO 30It is even so.	OTHELLO That’s the truth.
CASSIO Oh, help, ho! Light! A surgeon!	CASSIO Help me! Get some light! Get me a surgeon!
OTHELLO 'Tis he. Oh, brave Iago, honest and just, That hast such noble sense of thy friend’s wrong!	OTHELLO It’s him! Brave Iago, how honest and trustworthy you are! You even went as far as murder to help your friend in his misfortune. You teach me how I should act.

Read the Summary of Act V, scenes i–ii

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