Great Passages from Shakepeare



Title page of an old copy of Shakespeare's plays.

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Othello about to kill Desdemona.

from Othello
by William Shakespeare

Cassio:
I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!

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