Iago

[dothawkes]

What kind of a fool was Othello to believe all that ********, it so undermines the traditional role of the hero.  I think Iago should have been funnier and had a little of the Jasper Carrott in him, or Kevin "Bloody" Wilson, that would have been good.

[janesmythe22]

I bet you've got some nice retort for:

IAGO
'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster...'

but it should be:

'O curse of marriage, that we can call these delicate creatures ours, and not their appetites!'

Iago can be quite waggish:

(This is not in any kind of order)
IAGO
'I learned it in England, where, indeed, they are
most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and
your swag-bellied Hollander--Drink, ho!--are nothing
to your English.
CASSIO
Is your Englishman so expert in his drinking?
IAGO
Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead
drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he
gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle
can be filled.
IAGO
Sir, would she give you so much of her lips
As of her tongue she oft bestows on me,
You'll have enough.
IAGO
Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors,
Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens,
Saints m your injuries, devils being offended,
Players in your housewifery, and housewives' in your beds.'

Etc.

 

 

[dothawkes]

yeah i have, i will just get my dissertation out and scroll through the 10,000 words to find it.

[janesmythe22]

The Dead Sea Scroll?

Oh, well dothawkes I've got some well known citations from your disertation on Shakespeare:

Othello: Act 1, Scene 3

First Senator: 'Indeed'

Romeo and Juliet: Act 4, Scene 1

Friar Laurence: 'Hold, then'

Hamlet: Act 4 Scene 7

King Claudius: 'The very same'

[pixi]

blooming heck janesmith could you put that in english please?  some of us live on council estates

[nfn]

jane smith, beware the Ides of March

In other words, don't try to get too clever - we're not all completely illiterate you know, some of us even have brains beyond Shakespeare

[janesmythe22]

Thanks nfn-this is my favourite one:

Othello Act 4, Scene 1

Cassio: Ha, ha, ha!