‘Before God, they’ve given me enough already,’ he said. They’d all been drinking and Cassio was holding a mug. It was all going smoothly, like a boat sailing freely with favourable winds and currents.Ĭassio came back into the guardroom with Montano and some other men of Cyprus. Some act that would offend the people of Cyprus. He would put Cassio among this flock of drunkards and induce him to commit He had made three other men of Cyprus drunk – men of high rank, the backbone of Cyprus. And the sick fool, Roderigo, who had been turned inside out with love had drunk himself silly in toasts to Desdemona, was out there too. Now if he could just make him have one glass, that, together with what he had already drunk, would make him as quarrelsome and offensive as a lapdog. ‘I’ll do it,’ said Cassio, ‘but I don’t like it.’ Iago clapped his hands in front of Cassio’s face. I’m unlucky in that defect and daren’t push it with more drinking.’ ‘I’ve already had one glass tonight,’ said Cassio, ‘and that was cunningly diluted as well and look at the effect it’s had on me. I really wish society would invent some other form of entertainment.’ ‘I’ve got a jar of wine, and there is a brace of Cyprus lads outside who want to drink to the health of black Othello.’ ‘O well, let them enjoy it.’ Iago clapped Cassio on the back. ‘And when she speaks, isn’t it a signal for love?’
‘A welcoming eye,’ said Cassio, ‘and yet very modest, I think.’ ‘What an eye she has: a real come and get it look.’ ‘She’s certainly a lovely, delicate creature.’ ‘She’s a most exquisite lady,’ said Cassio. He hasn’t done it with her yet and she’s sport for the gods.’ Our general got rid of us early for the love of his Desdemona, and I don’t blame him. ‘We must attend to the guard,’ said Cassio. Iago was already in the guardroom when Cassio arrived. The profit’s yet to come between me and you.’ He turned and smiled at Cassio and the other officers. ‘We’ve made the purchase the fruits are to follow. I need to talk to you first thing in the morning.’ He smiled at the waiting Desdemona. ‘Keep your eye on the guard tonight, We must set an example and not overdo it.’ Othello ended his meeting with Cassio by reminding him about the behaviour expected of a visiting army, particularly on an evening when there were going to be revellers on the streets. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.
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