Othello Paraphrase

| Enter OTHELLO, LODOVICO, DESDEMONA, EMILIA and attendants | OTHELLO, LODOVICO, DESDEMONA and EMILIA enter, with attendants. | | LODOVICOI do beseech you, sir, trouble yourself no further. | LODOVICOPlease, sir, don’t trouble yourself. | | OTHELLOOh, pardon me, ’twill do me good to walk. | OTHELLOI beg your pardon; walking will make me feel better. | | LODOVICOMadam, good night. I humbly thank your ladyship. | LODOVICOGood night, madam. Thank you. | | DESDEMONAYour honor is most welcome. | DESDEMONAYou’re most welcome. | 5 | OTHELLOWill you walk, sir?—O Desdemona— | OTHELLOWould you walk out with me, sir?—Oh, Desdemona— | | DESDEMONAMy lord? | DESDEMONAYes, my lord? | | OTHELLOGet you to bed on th' instant, I will be returnedForthwith. Dismiss your attendant there, look’t be done. | OTHELLOGo to bed right this minute. I’ll be there shortly. Send your maid Emilia away. Make sure you do what I say. | | DESDEMONAI will, my lord. | DESDEMONAI will, my lord. | | Exeunt OTHELLO, LODOVICO, and attendants | OTHELLO, LODOVICO, and attendants exit. | 10 | EMILIAHow does it now? He looks gentler than he did. | EMILIAHow are things now? He looks calmer than he did before. | | DESDEMONAHe says he will return incontinent,And hath commanded me to go to bedAnd bid me to dismiss you. | DESDEMONAHe says he’ll come back right away. He asked me to go to bed and to send you away. | | EMILIA Dismiss me? | EMILIASend me away? |

15 | DESDEMONAIt was his bidding. Therefore, good Emilia,Give me my nightly wearing, and adieu.We must not now displease him. | DESDEMONAThat’s what he said. So give me my nightgown, Emilia, and I’ll say goodnight. We shouldn’t displease him. |

EMILIAAy. Would you had never seen him! | EMILIAYes. I wish you’d never met him. | DESDEMONASo would not I. My love doth so approve himThat even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns—Prithee, unpin me—have grace and favor. | DESDEMONAThat’s not what I wish. I