In a scene in this play, a man claims that he would rather have his purse stolen than his good name; that man also claims tha
In a scene in this play, a man claims that he would rather have his purse stolen than his good name; that man also claims that reputation is "oft got without merit and lost without deserving." The moon is said to make men mad when it comes too near the Earth by a character in this play whose eyes drop tears like the "Arabian trees" drop "med'cinable gum." A tale from Cinthio's Gli Hecatommithi (glee huh-CAH-to-MITH-ee) serves as the basis for this play, which features a scene in which a character claims that her mother's maid Barbara died while singing her "song of (*) willow." In another scene from this play, Lodovico and Gratiano try to calm Brabantio, who becomes furious upon hearing that "an old black ram" is "tupping [his] white ewe." Its villain conspires with Roderigo to revenge himself against Cassio using a handkerchief belonging to Desdemona. For 10 points, name this Shakespearean play about a "Moor of Venice."
In a scene in this play, a man claims that he would rather have his purse stolen than his good name; that man also claims that reputation is "oft got without merit and lost without deserving.
Othello [or The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice]