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2,200 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago warns Othello that there may be a legal attempt to break the marriage, but Othello knows his military worth to Venice and meets the Duke and Senators with confidence. Cassio has been sent to fetch him to an urgent meeting about the situation in Cyprus. Iago tells Cassio of Othello's marriage. Brabantio's party arr... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Several reports have come in from Cyprus, all calling attention to a Turkish fleet that is expected to attack. The reports differ in the size of the fleet, but all speak of the danger as the combined force has turned back toward Cyprus. Othello enters the meeting with Cassio, Brabantio, Iago, and others, and the Duke i... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Act II and all subsequent acts take place in Cyprus, in the Venetian fortifications. Montano, Governor of Cyprus, awaits the arrival of the Venetian forces, delayed by a violent storm at sea. A messenger arrives with news that the Turkish fleet has been so damaged by the storm that it no longer threatens Cyprus. Cassio... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The herald reads a proclamation declaring a night of general festivities to celebrate both the destruction of the Turkish fleet and Othello's recent marriage. | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,204 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio, commanding the night watch during the time of feasting and drinking, takes his orders from Othello, who directs the soldiers to drink with moderation and keep the peace. Cassio and Iago, his second in command, will see to this. Then Othello and Desdemona retire to bed, the first night they will spend together s... | [
"SCENE III.\nA hall in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and Attendants.",
"OTHELLO. Good Michael, look you to the guard tonight.\n Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,\n Not to outsport discretion.\n CASSIO. Iago hath direction what to do;\n But notwithstanding with my personal e... |
2,205 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio meets with a group of musicians and a clown whom he sends to find Emilia. Iago sends Emilia out to speak with him, and she reports that Desdemona and Othello are discussing the events of last night. Desdemona has spoken up for Cassio, and Othello, who likes him, has undertaken to bring him back into favor when t... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello sends a letter back to Venice by ship and makes an inspection of the fortifications. | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio speaks to Desdemona, asking her to intercede with Othello on his behalf. Desdemona willingly agrees, knowing that Cassio is an old friend of Othello's. She promises to speak of him with her husband repeatedly until the quarrel is patched up and Cassio is recalled. When Othello and Iago enter, Cassio, who is emba... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona sends for Cassio to tell him that she has spoken with Othello; she is also worried that she has lost her handkerchief. When Othello enters, he claims a headache and asks her for a handkerchief to bind his head, but he will have only the embroidered strawberry handkerchief. In vain, Desdemona tries to deflect ... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a conversation with Othello, Iago says that Cassio has confessed to sex with Desdemona. This revelation is too much for Othello, who becomes incoherent and faints. When Cassio enters, Iago claims that Othello has epilepsy and has had seizures before. Rather than revive him, they must let the fit take its course. Iag... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello questions Emilia about Desdemona, but she assures him that nothing immodest has taken place between her mistress and Cassio. Othello, rather than abandon his suspicions, believes Desdemona is so cunning that she has managed to deceive even her maid. Othello speaks with Desdemona in private, threatening to banis... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After the supper, Othello orders Desdemona to go to bed and to dismiss her attendant. Desdemona and Emilia discuss the situation; Emilia sees the marriage with Othello as a mistake, but Desdemona regrets nothing. She has a premonition of death and requests Emilia, if she should die, to wrap her body in one of her weddi... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the street at night, Iago directs Roderigo to ambush Cassio. When Cassio approaches, Roderigo attacks unsuccessfully and is wounded by Cassio. Iago, from behind, stabs Cassio in the leg and runs away while Cassio cries murder. Othello, hearing Cassio's cry, believes that Iago has done the job he has undertaken. Foll... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona lies asleep in bed, and Othello enters, dreadfully calm and sure in what he must do. Desdemona wakens and calls him to bed, but he tells her to pray at once, repenting anything she needs to repent, and he will wait while she prays because he does not want to kill her soul. Suddenly, Desdemona realizes that Ot... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,199 | 1793_act_i,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In following him I follow but myself;Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,But seeming so for my peculiar end. Othello begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo and Iago. The rich Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona, but he has seen no progress, and ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,200 | 1793_act_i,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago arrives at Othello's lodgings, where he warns the general that Brabanzio will not hesitate to attempt to force a divorce between Othello and Desdemona. Othello sees a party of men approaching, and Iago, thinking that Brabanzio and his followers have arrived, counsels Othello to retreat indoors. Othello stands his ... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_act_i,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | But here's my husband,And so much duty as my mother showedTo you, preferring you before her father,So much I challenge that I may professDue to the Moor my lord. The duke's meeting with his senators about the imminent Turkish invasion of Cyprus takes an unexpected turn when a sailor arrives and announces that the Turk... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_act_ii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the shores of Cyprus, Montano, the island's governor, watches a storm with two gentlemen. Just as Montano says that the Turkish fleet of ships could not survive the storm, a third gentlemen comes to confirm his prediction: as his ship traveled from Venice, Cassio witnessed that the Turks lost most of their fleet in ... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_act_ii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A herald announces that Othello plans revelry for the evening in celebration of Cyprus's safety from the Turks, and also in celebration of his marriage to Desdemona | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,204 | 1793_act_ii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello leaves Cassio on guard during the revels, reminding him to practice self-restraint during the celebration. Othello and Desdemona leave to consummate their marriage. Once Othello is gone, Iago enters and joins Cassio on guard. He tells Cassio that he suspects Desdemona to be a temptress, but Cassio maintains tha... | [
"SCENE III.\nA hall in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and Attendants.",
"OTHELLO. Good Michael, look you to the guard tonight.\n Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,\n Not to outsport discretion.\n CASSIO. Iago hath direction what to do;\n But notwithstanding with my personal e... |
2,205 | 1793_act_iii,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In an effort to win Othello's good graces, Cassio sends musicians to play music beneath the general's window. Othello sends his servant, a clown, or peasant, to tell the musicians to go away. Cassio asks the clown to entreat Emilia to come speak with him, so that he can ask her for access to Desdemona. When the clown l... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_act_iii,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago, Othello, and a gentleman walk together at the citadel. Othello gives Iago some letters to deliver and decides to take a look at the town's fortification | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_act_iii,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This was her first remembrance from the Moor,My wayward husband hath a hundred timesWooed me to steal it, but she so loves the token. Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia enter mid-conversation. Desdemona has just vowed to do everything she can on Cassio's behalf when Othello and Iago enter. Cassio quickly departs, protesting... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_act_iii,_scene_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona orders the clown to find Cassio and bring him the message that she has made her suit to Othello. As the clown departs, Desdemona wonders to Emilia where her handkerchief might be. Othello enters and tells Desdemona to give him her hand. She does so, and he chastises her for her hand's moistness, which suggest... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_act_iv,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello and Iago enter in mid-conversation. Iago goads Othello by arguing that it is no crime for a woman to be naked with a man, if nothing happens. Iago then remarks that if he were to give his wife a handkerchief, it would be hers to do as she wished with it. These persistent insinuations of Desdemona's unfaithfulne... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_act_iv,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello interrogates Emilia about Desdemona's behavior, but Emilia insists that Desdemona has done nothing suspicious. Othello tells Emilia to summon Desdemona, implying while Emilia is gone that she is a "bawd," or female pimp. When Emilia returns with Desdemona, Othello sends Emilia to guard the door. Alone with Desd... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_act_iv,_scene_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After dinner, Othello proposes to walk with Lodovico, and sends Desdemona to bed, telling her that he will be with her shortly and that she should dismiss Emilia. Desdemona seems aware of her imminent fate as she prepares for bed. She says that if she dies before Emilia, Emilia should use one of the wedding sheets for ... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_act_v,_scene_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago and Roderigo wait outside the brothel where Cassio visits Bianca. Iago positions Roderigo with a rapier in a place where he will be able to ambush Cassio. Iago then withdraws himself, although Roderigo asks him not to go too far in case he needs help killing Cassio. Cassio enters, and Roderigo stabs at him but fai... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_act_v,_scene_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Then must you speakOf one that loved not wisely but too well,Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,Perplexed in the extreme; of one whose hand,Like the base Indian, threw a pearl awayRicher than all his tribe. Holding a candle, Othello stands over the sleeping Desdemona and prepares to kill her. He bends down to... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,199 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens late at night on a street in Venice. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian gentleman, is discussing the marriage of Desdemona, the daughter of Brabantio. Earlier in the evening, she had eloped with Othello, a Moor who is a respected General in the Venetian army. Roderigo is angry with Iago, for he has paid him a ... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,200 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this second scene, Iago reveals his scheming and treachery, as he applies it to the unsuspecting Othello. He reaches the Sagittary Inn before Roderigo and Brabantio. Pretending to be Othellos loyal friend and follower, Iago tells him that Roderigo has spoken in an insulting manner about him. Iago says he was so upse... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Duke and the Council are disturbed by the rumors that the Turkish fleet is planning an attack on the island of Cyprus. They are discussing a plan to send Othello there to defend it when Desdemonas father accuses his son-in-law of witchcraft. Othello suggests that his wife should be called to address the Council. Wh... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene shifts to Cyprus, about two weeks after the last scene. The governor of the island is waiting for news from the sea. There is a rumor that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed in a storm. There is also a fear that Othellos ship may have been destroyed as well, for the general has not yet landed in Cyprus. Des... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | There is a public announcement that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed, and the danger of attack is past. The occasion is to be celebrated. In addition, the festivities will be a celebration of Othellos marriage to Desdemona. According to his orders, all people are to eat, drink, and enjoy themselves at Othellos expe... | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,204 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago comes to Cassio early in the night and suggests in a friendly way that they drink to Othellos health. He plans to get Cassio sufficiently drunk, so that Roderigo can easily pick a quarrel with him. At first, Cassio declines, saying he does not drink well, but Iago persuades him, reminding that it is "a night of re... | [
"SCENE III.\nA hall in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and Attendants.",
"OTHELLO. Good Michael, look you to the guard tonight.\n Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,\n Not to outsport discretion.\n CASSIO. Iago hath direction what to do;\n But notwithstanding with my personal e... |
2,205 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is early morning after the night of the quarrel. According to custom, Cassio has arranged a number of musicians to play sweet music outside the bedroom window of Othello and Desdemona. Othello does not like the music and sends the clown to send them off. Cassio bribes the clown to inform Emilia that he wants to see ... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello writes a report to Venice that the danger from the Turks is over. He sends Iago away to post the mail. Othello then goes to inspect the fortifications, telling Iago to meet him later. | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio and Desdemona are alone together in the garden of the castle. He begs her to plead his cause with Othello. She assures him that she will do her best. Just then he sees Othello and Iago coming. He slips away as he does not want to face the general after his disgrace. Seeing him depart secretly, Iago tries to arou... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In a light-hearted vein, Desdemona talks to the clown and asks him to find Cassio for her. She also talks about the loss of her handkerchief, for she treasured it as a gift from Othello. Emilia, who knows the truth, keeps silent about it. Othello enters and asks her to lend the handkerchief to him. She says that she do... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the beginning of the scene, Othello is hovering uneasily between Iagos wicked version of events and his knowledge of Desdemonas pure nature. When Iago tells him that Cassio has confessed to him of his affair with Desdemona, Othellos defenses crumble, and he collapses on the ground unconscious and paralyzed. Cassio a... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello tries to force admission from Emilia that Desdemona and Cassio are lovers, but Emilia is steadfast in her denials, saying that her mistress is pure and chaste. Then, he sends for Desdemona and tries to force a confession of infidelity from her, not using Cassios name. At first the innocent Desdemona does not un... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this short scene, Othello entertains Lodovico and other guests at dinner. Both he and Desdemona have recovered sufficiently to be the pleasant host and hostess. After dinner, Othello orders Desdemona to dismiss her maid and go to bed at once, promising to join her soon. Desdemona obeys, departing immediately for her... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio has gone to dinner at Biancas house. Iago and Roderigo plan to murder him as he leaves for home. They conceal themselves behind a wall, and as Cassio passes, Roderigo stabs at him, but Roderigo is the one that is really wounded. Iago then comes from his hiding place and stabs Cassio. He falls down, but he is onl... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello stands by the side of the bed in which his wife is sleeping. As he stares at her, he is shaken by his love and anguish. He cannot restrain himself from kissing her, which wakens Desdemona. "Will you come to bed, my lord?" she asks. Othello, though tortured in spirit by her apparent infidelity, does not wish to ... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,199 | 1793_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.i Context This is set in a Venetian street where Iago and Roderigo are in conversation, and we learn details concerning Othello and the personalities of these two Venetians. Iago is the protagonist and key character of the play. Roderigo is a much weaker person, but Iago needs Roderigo as a source of money, and t... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,200 | 1793_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.ii Context We are still in the streets of Venice and Iago meets with Othello, and he shows his apparent loyalty to his master by warning him of Roderigo's treachery. He tells Othello that he is shocked at the animosity that Roderigo has for him due to his jealousy concerning Desdemona. Although Desdemona's father... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.iii Context This scene takes place in the Duke's Council Chamber and we are brought up to date regarding the political situation concerning Cyprus. Various messages are received, but it is soon evident that the Turks intend to throw all their resources against Cyprus. As the excitement reaches a peak, Othello, Ca... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.i Context The action moves to a seaport town in Cyprus and the Governor of Cyprus, Montano awaits the arrival of Othello and the other ships. The island is being hit by a raging storm and concern is felt for any ship on the high seas. Montano hopes that the Turkish fleet have not found harbor, for they will be de... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.ii Context A proclamation is made that Othello has ordered a night of celebration to commemorate the destruction of the Turkish fleet and to honor his marriage to Desdemona. The feasts will start at 5.00 and finish at 11.00 p.m. | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,204 | 1793_act_2_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.iii Context There is much feasting and merry-making in the hall of the castle, and Othello praises Cassio and reminds him that they must not allow the celebrations to distract them from their duties. Cassio confirms that he will inspect the guard as well, even though Iago is also on duty. Othello and Desdemona le... | [
"SCENE III.\nA hall in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and Attendants.",
"OTHELLO. Good Michael, look you to the guard tonight.\n Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop,\n Not to outsport discretion.\n CASSIO. Iago hath direction what to do;\n But notwithstanding with my personal e... |
2,205 | 1793_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.i Context The scene opens outside the castle where Cassio introduces some musicians who are to entertain in the castle next day. Cassio asks the clown to deliver a message to Emilia requesting that she speak to him. Cassio is confident that he will be able to reinstate his position, not suspecting for one moment ... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.ii This is a very brief scene and it illustrates that Iago is now much closer to Othello following Cassio's dismissal, and it will give him an opportunity to manipulate and poison Othello's thoughts. It also heightens the suspense as the audience realizes that an arrangement has now been made for Othello and Iago... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.iii Context This scene takes place in the garden of the castle and Desdemona and Cassio enter. It is clear that they have discussed Cassio's position and she is persuaded to make representations to Othello to reinstate him. Emilia is also with them and her belief is that her husband, Iago, is truly upset concerni... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_act_3_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.iv Context This scene is set outside the castle where we find Desdemona asking the clown to find Cassio. She is under the impression that Othello wants to forgive him. She is worried concerning the loss of her handkerchief, but Emilia is unable to shed light on the handkerchief's disappearance. Desdemona is confi... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.i Context The scene opens with Iago and Othello outside the castle and Iago is still pursuing the line that his master should be jealous concerning Desdemona's behavior. Iago makes veiled suggestions as to what would make Othello jealous. Would it be a kiss or something more serious? For example - the loss of a v... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.ii Context This scene takes place in a room in the castle. Emilia pleads to Othello proclaiming her mistress's innocence, but to no avail. Othello then confronts Desdemona proclaiming that she has betrayed him and that she is of poor character. She kneels before him asking in what way she has betrayed him. He com... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_act_4_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.iii Context This scene takes place in another room in the castle. Othello is entertaining Lodovico, but soon dismisses Desdemona and Emilia, and Desdemona complies as she only wishes to obey her husband and lord. Emilia prepares her mistress for bed and Desdemona still wishes that her love would return to her. In... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.i Context This scene takes place in a street in Cyprus. Roderigo has succumbed to Iago's prompting to kill Cassio so that Othello and Desdemona will stay on in Cyprus and he can continue his suit of Desdemona. Roderigo and Iago are in hiding waiting on the arrival of Cassio. Roderigo charges at Cassio, but the la... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Scene.ii Context The last scene of the play takes place in Desdemona's bedchamber where she is asleep as Othello enters. He is determined to rid the world of this beautiful creature before she can do more wrong. Her beauty overcomes him, but he maintains his course. She awakes and recognizes his intent. He accuses her ... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,199 | 1793_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago and Roderigo are talking, and Iago tells Cassio that Othello has passed him over for a promotion and Cassio, another soldier, has received it. Iago decides to tell Brabantio, a Venice senator, that his daughter Desdemona has eloped with Othello. Roderigo eagerly joins him, having been turned down as a suitor by De... | [
"ACT I. SCENE I.\nVenice. A street.",
"Enter Roderigo and Iago.",
"RODERIGO. Tush, never tell me! I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this. IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me. If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me. RODERIGO.... |
2,200 | 1793_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago rushes back to Othello to 'warn' him that Brabantio is furious. Cassio interrupts and tells Othello that his military advice is needed regarding an invasion of a Venetian colony by Turkish ships. Before they can leave, Brabantio finds Othello, but Othello convinces him to go to the council of soldiers and state hi... | [
"SCENE II.\nAnother street.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Attendants with torches.",
"IAGO. Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contrived murther. I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service. Nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here und... |
2,201 | 1793_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | First, the warriors discuss the Turkish fleet, and they decide that they need to send out a counter attack. Then Brabantio and Othello show up, and Othello states his case to the slightly irritated Duke. Othello claims that they are in love, but Brabantio cries witchcraft. They call Desdemona to speak for herself, and ... | [
"SCENE III.\nA council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table;\nOfficers attending.",
"DUKE. There is no composition in these news\n That gives them credit.\n FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd;\n My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.\n DUKE. And mine, a hundred and... |
2,202 | 1793_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The ships of the Turks are miraculously destroyed in a storm before Othello and his forces can reach them. They land in Cyprus, on different ships, and Desdemona has arrived first. She greets Othello warmly. Iago pretends to be joyful as well, but he makes some cruel jokes, for which his wife Emilia, yells at him. Iago... | [
"ACT II. SCENE I.\nA seaport in Cyprus. An open place near the quay.",
"Enter Montano and two Gentlemen.",
"MONTANO. What from the cape can you discern at sea?\n FIRST GENTLEMAN. Nothing at all. It is a high-wrought flood;\n I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main,\n Descry a sail.\n MONTANO. Methinks ... |
2,203 | 1793_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the celebration of the victory over the Turks, Iago gets Cassio drunk, and then has Roderigo confront Cassio about the so-called love between him and Desdemona. Cassio starts to fight Roderigo, and then turns his attention to another soldier, and wounds him, but not fatally. Othello wakes up from the noise, and, ang... | [
"SCENE II.\nA street.",
"Enter a Herald with a proclamation; people following.",
"HERALD. It is Othello's pleasure, our noble and valiant\ngeneral,\n that upon certain tidings now arrived, importing the mere\n perdition of the Turkish fleet, every man put himself into\n triumph; some to dance, some to ... |
2,205 | 1793_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cassio attempts to brown nose by sending musicians to Othello's house. Meanwhile, Cassio asks Emilia, Desdemona's servant, to arrange a meeting with her. Emilia tells him that Desdemona already speaks on his behalf, but she sets up the meeting anyway. They make sure that Othello will be out of the house on business dur... | [
"ACT III. SCENE I.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Cassio and some Musicians.",
"CASSIO. Masters, play here, I will content your pains;\nSomething\n that's brief; and bid \"Good morrow, general.\"\n Music.",
"Enter Clown.",
"CLOWN. Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i' th... |
2,206 | 1793_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello's business takes shorter than expected. | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Iago, and Gentlemen.",
"OTHELLO. These letters give, Iago, to the pilot,\n And by him do my duties to the Senate.\n That done, I will be walking on the works;\n Repair there to me.\n IAGO. Well, my good lord, I'll do't.\n OTHELLO. Th... |
2,207 | 1793_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona and Cassio speak about their mutual affection for Othello. Othello returns quickly, and Cassio leaves before he enters so that he can avoid the awkwardness of speaking to Othello. Iago capitalizes on this, and suggests to Othello that Cassio is acting suspiciously. Iago purposely gives false hints that he is ... | [
"SCENE III.\nThe garden of the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia.",
"DESDEMONA. Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do\n All my abilities in thy behalf. EMILIA. Good madam, do. I warrant it grieves my husband\n As if the cause were his. DESDEMONA. O, that's an honest fellow. Do not doubt, Ca... |
2,208 | 1793_act_3_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Desdemona still tries to plead Cassio's cause, but Othello becomes very angry, and so she stops. She is worried that she cannot find her handkerchief, and this makes Othello angrier. While Cassio is biding his time, his wife Bianca arrives. Cassio asks her to copy a handkerchief that has mysteriously been placed in his... | [
"SCENE IV.\nBefore the castle.",
"Enter Desdemona, Emilia, and Clown.",
"DESDEMONA. Do you know, sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio lies? CLOWN. I dare not say he lies anywhere. DESDEMONA. Why, man? CLOWN. He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is\n stabbing. DESDEMONA. Go to! Where lodges he? CLOWN... |
2,209 | 1793_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Iago increases Othello's fears by describing Desdemona's alleged infidelity in vivid description. Othello's headaches become worse, and he eventually loses consciousness. Iago continues, and makes sure that Othello overhears a bawdy conversation about Cassio and Bianca. Othello believes that the conversation is about D... | [
"ACT IV. SCENE I.\nCyprus. Before the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Iago.",
"IAGO. Will you think so? OTHELLO. Think so, Iago? IAGO. What,\n To kiss in private? OTHELLO. An unauthorized kiss. IAGO. Or to be naked with her friend in bed\n An hour or more, not meaning any harm? OTHELLO. Naked in bed, Iago, a... |
2,210 | 1793_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello interrogates Emilia about Desdemona's relationship with Cassio, and accuses her of facilitating the prostitution of Desdemona to Cassio. Othello calls Desdemona a prostitute, to her face, and she asks Iago for help. Iago comforts her and tells her to be patient with Othello and he will return to his normal pers... | [
"SCENE II.\nA room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello and Emilia.",
"OTHELLO. You have seen nothing, then? EMILIA. Nor ever heard, nor ever did suspect. OTHELLO. Yes, you have seen Cassio and she together. EMILIA. But then I saw no harm, and then I heard\n Each syllable that breath made up between them. OTHELLO... |
2,211 | 1793_act_4_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During the evening, Othello goes out for a walk with Lodovico. Desemona and Emilia have a debate about marital fidelity. Desdemona argues that faithfulness is necessary and good, but Emilia argues for the rights of sexual freedom as men have. Desdemona vaguely prophesizes her death when she sings a song about unfortuna... | [
"SCENE III.\nAnother room in the castle.",
"Enter Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona, Emilia, and Attendants.",
"LODOVICO. I do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. OTHELLO. O, pardon me; 'twill do me good to walk. LODOVICO. Madam, good night; I humbly thank your ladyship. DESDEMONA. Your honor is most welc... |
2,212 | 1793_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is night, and Roderigo attempts to kill Cassio. He misses, and Cassio wounds Roderigo. Iago appears, and wounds Cassio in the leg. Othello hears Cassio's screams and thinks that he has died, and so he goes to kill Desdemona. Iago kills Roderigo, and then fetches help for Cassio. Bianca arrives to be near her lover C... | [
"ACT V. SCENE I.\nCyprus. A street.",
"Enter Iago and Roderigo:",
"IAGO. Here, stand behind this bulk; straight will he come. Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. Quick, quick; fear nothing; I'll be at thy elbow. It makes us, or it mars us; think on that,\n And fix most firm thy resolution. RODERIGO. ... |
2,213 | 1793_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Othello wakes Desdemona up, and accuses her of adultery. She denies it, and he kills her as she protests her innocence. He smothers her, because he cannot bear to disfigure her in any way. Emilia enters, and Desdemona, with her last breath, denies that Othello has killed her. Othello admits to his crime, and cites Desd... | [
"SCENE II.\nA bedchamber in the castle. Desdemona in bed asleep; a light\nburning.",
"Enter Othello.",
"OTHELLO. It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul. Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars! It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumen... |
2,214 | 1780_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | An exhausted King Henry describes the horrors of civil conflict which his realm has endured during the twelve months that he has ruled England. At last he will be free to lead a united force of English soldiers to fight the enemies of Christendom in Jerusalem. But the Earl of Westmoreland brings news which forces the k... | [
"ACT I. Scene I.\nLondon. The Palace.",
"Enter the King, Lord John of Lancaster, Earl of Westmoreland,\n[Sir Walter Blunt,] with others.",
"King. So shaken as we are, so wan with care,\n Find we a time for frighted peace to pant\n And breathe short-winded accents of new broils\n To be commenc'd in stro... |
2,215 | 1780_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action now shifts to the prince's apartment in London, and the participants are Prince Hal himself, Sir John Falstaff, and Poins. Prince Hal, far from engaging enemies of the Crown in armed combat, is amusing himself in witty verbal exchange with Falstaff. The subject of this discourse ranges from drinking to purse... | [
"Scene II.\nLondon. An apartment of the Prince's.",
"Enter Prince of Wales and Sir John Falstaff.",
"Fal. Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad? Prince. Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack, and\n unbuttoning thee after supper, and sleeping upon benches\nafter\n noon, that thou hast forgotten ... |
2,216 | 1780_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A determined King Henry strongly reproves the Earls of Northumberland and Worcester, and Hotspur, who have obeyed his summons to appear before him. His threat to use force if necessary to curb their opposition leads Worcester to remind him that they, the Percies, were largely responsible for his rise to the throne. The... | [
"Scene III.\nLondon. The Palace.",
"Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspur, Sir Walter\nBlunt,\nwith others.",
"King. My blood hath been too cold and temperate,\n Unapt to stir at these indignities,\n And you have found me, for accordingly\n You tread upon my patience; but be sure\n I wi... |
2,217 | 1780_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two carriers complain about the accommodations of the inn at Rochester as they prepare to drive their pack horses to the market in London. Gadshill, the professional thief to whom Poins had made reference, enters and asks to borrow their lantern, but the wary carriers refuse to lend it and leave. At Gadshill's call, th... | [
"ACT II. Scene I.\nRochester. An inn yard.",
"Enter a Carrier with a lantern in his hand.",
"1. Car. Heigh-ho! an it be not four by the day, I'll be hang'd.\n Charles' wain is over the new chimney, and yet our horse not\n pack'd.- What, ostler!\n Ost. [within] Anon, anon.\n 1. Car. I prithee, Tom, beat ... |
2,218 | 1780_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Prince Hal and Poins appear together on the highway near Gadshill. Poins has succeeded in depriving Falstaff of his horse, and the fat knight himself arrives calling for Poins, who has withdrawn into the darkness. Hal offers to find Poins, and Falstaff is left alone to complain about Poins' perfidy. When the prince ret... | [
"Scene II.\nThe highway near Gadshill.",
"Enter Prince and Poins.",
"Poins. Come, shelter, shelter! I have remov'd Falstaff's horse,\nand\n he frets like a gumm'd velvet.\n Prince. Stand close. [They step aside.]",
"Enter Falstaff.",
"Fal. Poins! Poins, and be hang'd! Poins! Princ... |
2,219 | 1780_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Warkworth Castle, Hotspur reads a letter from a noble whom he has asked to join in the rebellion. The noble advances one excuse after another for declining the invitation. Young Percy is indignant and scornful of the writer, who ignores the fact that the Percies have powerful allies, some of whose forces already hav... | [
"Scene III.\nWarkworth Castle.",
"Enter Hotspur solus, reading a letter.",
"Hot. 'But, for mine own part, my lord, I could be well\ncontented to\n be there, in respect of the love I bear your house.' He could\nbe\n contented- why is he not then? In respect of the love he\nbears\n our house! He shows in... |
2,220 | 1780_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the Boar's-Head Tavern, Prince Hal and Poins are entertaining themselves. Hal tells his companion that he has won much honor by being accepted as "sworn brother" to the lowly tavern servants. He engages Francis, one of them, in a bewildering game with Poins' help. First the prince, then Poins, calls for poor Francis... | [
"Scene IV.\nEastcheap. The Boar's Head Tavern.",
"Enter Prince and Poins.",
"Prince. Ned, prithee come out of that fat-room and lend me thy hand to laugh a little. Poins. Where hast been, Hal? Prince. With three or four loggerheads amongst three or fourscore hogsheads. I have sounded the very bass-string of hum... |
2,221 | 1780_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In Bangor, Wales, Hotspur and Worcester confer with Glendower, their host, and Mortimer. Young Percy and the Welsh leader, after exchanging compliments, engage in a personal dispute and are interrupted by Mortimer. A map is produced, whereupon the rebel leaders proceed to divide England into three parts -- the north go... | [
"ACT III. Scene I.\nBangor. The Archdeacon's house.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Lord Mortimer, Owen Glendower.",
"Mort. These promises are fair, the parties sure,\n And our induction full of prosperous hope. Hot. Lord Mortimer, and cousin Glendower,\n Will you sit down? And uncle Worcester. A plague upon... |
2,222 | 1780_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the palace in London, Prince Hal appears before his father, who dismisses members of his court so that he can speak alone to his son. He passionately censures the heir-apparent for "inordinate and low desires" and for indulging in "such barren pleasures" in the company of such "rude" individuals , ignoring his statu... | [
"Scene II.\nLondon. The Palace.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, and others.",
"King. Lords, give us leave. The Prince of Wales and I\n Must have some private conference; but be near at hand,\n For we shall presently have need of you. Exeunt Lords. I know not whether God will have it so,\n For some ... |
2,223 | 1780_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Falstaff deplores his alleged physical decline resulting from lack of activity since the Gadshill "action." Bardolph's frank comment on the knight's corpulence leads him to a rhetorical exercise, the subject of which is Bardolph's flaming nose. When Mistress Quickly enters, Sir John accuses her of having picked his poc... | [
"Scene III.\nEastcheap. The Boar's Head Tavern.",
"Enter Falstaff and Bardolph.",
"Fal. Bardolph, am I not fall'n away vilely since this last\naction? Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my skin hangs about me\nlike\n an old lady's loose gown! I am withered like an old apple\nJohn. Well, I'll repent, and t... |
2,224 | 1780_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene now shifts to the rebel camp near Shrewsbury, where Hotspur, Worcester, and Douglas appear. Young Percy and the Scottish warrior exchange compliments. A messenger arrives with news from the Earl of Northumberland. It seems that Hotspur's father is ill and cannot lead his followers to Shrewsbury. Shocked to he... | [
"ACT IV. Scene I.\nThe rebel camp near Shrewsbury.",
"Enter Harry Hotspur, Worcester, and Douglas.",
"Hot. Well said, my noble Scot. If speaking truth\n In this fine age were not thought flattery,\n Such attribution should the Douglas have\n As not a soldier of this season's stamp\n Should go so gen... |
2,225 | 1780_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Falstaff and Bardolph appear on a public road near Coventry, followed by a newly enlisted company of soldiers. Sir John orders Bardolph to replenish his supply of sack and to tell Peto to meet him at the town's end. He dislikes the idea of marching his men through the town in their rags and tatters. Abjectly impoverish... | [
"Scene II.\nA public road near Coventry.",
"Enter Falstaff and Bardolph.",
"Fal. Bardolph, get thee before to Coventry; fill me a bottle of\n sack. Our soldiers shall march through. We'll to Sutton\nCo'fil'\n to-night. Bard. Will you give me money, Captain? Fal. Lay out, lay out. Bard. This bottle makes a... |
2,226 | 1780_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Worcester and Vernon try to convince Hotspur that the rebel forces should not attack at once. Douglas sides with young Percy. The sound of a trumpet announces a parley, and Sir Walter Blunt enters "with gracious offers from the king." This gives Hotspur the occasion to review the story of how Henry was helped by the Pe... | [
"Scene III.\nThe rebel camp near Shrewsbury.",
"Enter Hotspur, Worcester, Douglas, Vernon.",
"Hot. We'll fight with him to-night. Wor. It may not be. Doug. You give him then advantage. Ver. Not a whit. Hot. Why say you so? Looks he no for supply? Ver. So do we. Hot. His is certain, ours 's doubtful. Wor. Good c... |
2,227 | 1780_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Archbishop of York instructs Sir Michael to deliver in all haste certain written instructions and information to his allies and relatives who have a substantial number of followers. The archbishop has learned that Hotspur faces the king's power without the support of Northumberland, Glendower, and Mortimer. Convinc... | [
"Scene IV.\nYork. The Archbishop's Palace.",
"Enter the Archbishop of York and Sir Michael.",
"Arch. Hie, good Sir Michael; bear this sealed brief With winged haste to the Lord Marshal; This to my cousin Scroop; and all the rest To whom they are directed. If you knew How much they do import, you would make hast... |
2,228 | 1780_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Earl of Worcester and Sir Richard Vernon arrive as emissaries at the king's camp near Shrewsbury. Present are the king himself, the Prince of Wales, John of Lancaster, the Earl of Westmoreland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaff. As Hotspur did earlier in his reply to the king's emissary , Worcester voices at some leng... | [
"ACT V. Scene I.\nThe King's camp near Shrewsbury.",
"Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, Sir\nWalter Blunt,\nFalstaff.",
"King. How bloodily the sun begins to peer\n Above yon busky hill! The day looks pale\n At his distemp'rature.\n Prince. The southern wind\n Doth play the trum... |
2,229 | 1780_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in the rebel camp, Worcester insists that Hotspur must not be told that the king has offered all of the insurgents free pardon. He argues that, although his young nephew's trespass will be forgiven, Henry IV will never place his trust in the elder leaders of the rebellion. Vernon reluctantly agrees to remain silen... | [
"Scene II.\nThe rebel camp.",
"Enter Worcester and Sir Richard Vernon.",
"Wor. O no, my nephew must not know, Sir Richard,\n The liberal and kind offer of the King. Ver. 'Twere best he did. Wor. Then are we all undone. It is not possible, it cannot be\n The King should keep his word in loving us. He will ... |
2,230 | 1780_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On the battlefield, Sir Walter Blunt, wearing armor the same as that of the king, meets Douglas, who has slain the Lord of Stafford, similarly arrayed for the obvious purpose of misleading the foe. Now the Scotsman is convinced that it is Henry IV himself whom he faces, and he demands that Blunt surrender. Sir Walter d... | [
"Scene III.\nPlain between the camps.",
"The King enters with his Power. Alarum to the battle. Then\nenter Douglas\nand Sir Walter Blunt.",
"Blunt. What is thy name, that in the battle thus\n Thou crossest me? What honour dost thou seek\n Upon my head?\n Doug. Know then my name is Douglas,\n And I d... |
2,231 | 1780_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The king bids the Prince of Wales and his brother, John of Lancaster, to rest. Despite his wounds, the prince will not do so: ". . . God forbid a shallow scratch should drive / The Prince of Wales from such a field as this, / Where . . . rebels' arms triumph in massacres" . He has high praise for his younger brother, w... | [
"Scene IV.\nAnother part of the field.",
"Alarum. Excursions. Enter the King, the Prince, Lord John of\nLancaster,\nEarl of Westmoreland",
"King. I prithee, Harry, withdraw thyself; thou bleedest too much. Lord John of Lancaster, go you unto him. John. Not I, my lord, unless I did bleed too. Prince. I do beseec... |
2,232 | 1780_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The insurrection having been repressed, King Henry orders the execution of Worcester and Vernon. The fate of the other rebels will be decided later. Prince Hal intercedes on behalf of the Earl of Douglas, and his life is spared. Prince John of Lancaster is given the honor of setting the Scotsman free. The king then ann... | [
"Scene V.\nAnother part of the field.",
"The trumpets sound. [Enter the King, Prince of Wales, Lord John\nof Lancaster,\nEarl of Westmoreland, with Worcester and Vernon prisoners.",
"King. Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke. Ill-spirited Worcester! did not we send grace, Pardon, and terms of love to all of you... |
2,233 | 2641_part_1,_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We open in Florence at the Pension Bertolini, a pension for British travelers. Young Lucy Honeychurch and her cousin, Charlotte Bartlett, are bemoaning the poor rooms that they have been given. They were promised rooms with views. The two women sit at dinner in their pension, along with the other guests. Lucy is disapp... | [
"\"The Signora had no business to do it,\" said Miss Bartlett, \"no business\nat all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead\nof which here are north rooms, looking into a courtyard, and a long way\napart. Oh, Lucy!\"",
"\"And a Cockney, besides!\" said Lucy, who had been further saddened... |
2,234 | 2641_part_1,_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucy looks out her window onto the beautiful scene of a Florence morning. Miss Bartlett interrupts her reverie and encourages Lucy to begin her day; in the dining room, they argue politely about whether or not Miss Bartlett should accompany Lucy on a bit of sightseeing. Lucy is eager to go but does not wish to tire her... | [
"It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright\nbare room, with a floor of red tiles which look clean though they are\nnot; with a painted ceiling whereon pink griffins and blue amorini sport\nin a forest of yellow violins and bassoons. It was pleasant, too, to\nfling wide the windows, pinc... |
2,235 | 2641_part_1,_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | One day after lunch Lucy decides to play the piano. The narrator tells us that Lucy has a great love for playing; she is no genius, but she is talented and passionate, always playing "on the side of Victory. Mr. Beebe recalls the first time he heard her play, back in England, at Tunbridge Wells. She chose an unusual an... | [
"It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered\na more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer\neither deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.\nThe kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept\nthose whom breeding and intel... |
2,236 | 2641_part_1,_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucy goes out longing for adventure, hoping for something great. She buys some photographs of great artworks at a junk shop, but remains unsatisfied. She wanders into the Piazza Signoria; it is nearing twilight, and the world takes on an aura of unreality. Nearby, she sees two Italians arguing. One of them is struck li... | [
"Mr. Beebe was right. Lucy never knew her desires so clearly as after\nmusic. She had not really appreciated the clergyman's wit, nor the\nsuggestive twitterings of Miss Alan. Conversation was tedious; she\nwanted something big, and she believed that it would have come to her on\nthe wind-swept platform of an elect... |
2,237 | 2641_part_2,_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We now move to Part 2 of the novel, the bulk of which is set in Surrey, England, in and around the Honeychurch home. Many months have passed since Lucy kissed George in Italy. We are at Windy Corner, the home of the Honeychurches. It is August, and the sun is bright outside; the Honeychurches always draw all the curtai... | [
"The drawing-room curtains at Windy Corner had been pulled to meet, for\nthe carpet was new and deserved protection from the August sun. They\nwere heavy curtains, reaching almost to the ground, and the light\nthat filtered through them was subdued and varied. A poet--none was\npresent--might have quoted, \"Life li... |
2,238 | 2641_part_2,_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Honeychurch, Lucy, and Cecil attend a neighborhood garden party. Cecil is disgusted by the experience, appalled by the niceties of country gentry. On the carriage ride home, he shares his feeling with Lucy, spinning out convoluted metaphors about fences between people. He is impressed by his own travel record, and... | [
"A few days after the engagement was announced Mrs. Honeychurch made Lucy\nand her Fiasco come to a little garden-party in the neighbourhood, for\nnaturally she wanted to show people that her daughter was marrying a\npresentable man.",
"Cecil was more than presentable; he looked distinguished, and it was\nvery pl... |
2,239 | 2641_part_2,_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The narrator explains Lucy's family history. Her father was a successful solicitor, and he built Windy Corner before the neighborhood had really been built up. When rich people from London began moving into the neighborhood, they mistook the Honeychurches for an old aristocratic family with a long history in the area. ... | [
"The society out of which Cecil proposed to rescue Lucy was perhaps no\nvery splendid affair, yet it was more splendid than her antecedents\nentitled her to. Her father, a prosperous local solicitor, had built\nWindy Corner, as a speculation at the time the district was opening up,\nand, falling in love with his ow... |
2,240 | 2641_part_2,_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucy is in London visiting with Cecil's mother when the Emersons move into Cissie Villa. She has convinced herself that the Emersons' arrival does not matter in the least. Things have been quite cold between Lucy and Charlotte since Italy; Charlotte sends a letter telling her that she has heard about the arrival of the... | [
"The Comic Muse, though able to look after her own interests, did not\ndisdain the assistance of Mr. Vyse. His idea of bringing the Emersons to\nWindy Corner struck her as decidedly good, and she carried through the\nnegotiations without a hitch. Sir Harry Otway signed the agreement,\nmet Mr. Emerson, who was duly ... |
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