Othello Act 5 scene 1-3

1/13/09

"Then must you speak/ Of one that loved not wisely but too well;/ of one not easily jealous, but being wrought/ perplexed in the extreme..."(5.2.348-351)

This quote is significant because here we see Othello sort of return to the calm person whom everyone loved in Venice. Despite all of the bloodshed that just occurred, after discovering that Iago tricked him into all of this we see Othello bring the tone down a bit. Here he tells Cassio to write about who i truly was and what i did, and not to exaggerate any of it. At this point it seems that Othello has accepted without anger what he has done, and is trying to do one last service or duty for the people (by killing himself) before he goes.

Chrysolite: Olivine (green mineral).

Hies: approaching swiftly.