 tis apt, and of great credit: The Moor — howbeit that I endure him not — Is of a constant, loving, noble nature ; And, I dare think, he'll prove to Desdemona A most dear husband. Now I do love her too ; Not out of absolute lust, (though, peradventure,...  Troilus and Cressida. Othello - Page 45by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Michael Dobson - 2006 - 156 pages
...lago confesses to the audience that he loves Desdemona, and then adds, with strange defensiveness: 'Not out of absolute lust - though peradventure / I stand accountant for as great a sin' (2.1.291-2). Anyway, I'm not persuaded by either of these proposals. I hate the idea of lago's 'villainy'... | |
 | Janet Brennan Croft, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III - 2007 - 337 pages
...sexual jealousy and the threat of miscegenation. "For that I do suspect the lusty Moor / hath leaped into my seat, the thought whereof / Doth like a poisonous...And nothing can or shall content my soul / Till I am evened with him, wife for wife" (2.1.296-300). For lago, advancement of rank would be an agreeable... | |
 | James R. Hartman - 2007 - 518 pages
...I detest him not) Is of a constant, loving, noble nature, And I dare think he'll prove to Desdemona A most dear husband. Now I do love her too; Not out of absolute lust, But partly led to feed my revenge, For that I do suspect the lusty Othello Hath leaped into my seat;... | |
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