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Othello Monologue

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I swear I will go away soon but listen again. So I overheard and saw Iago ruining Othello’s head with more lies about the so-called affair. Cassio tried to approach them too together but they told him to leave. Cassio wanted to speak to him about getting his job back but that got shut down real quick. Iago kept on talking about how everyone cheats. Bianca then stormed in and started yelling because he was calling her some pretty explicit names. She yelled and threw the handkerchief down on the ground. Othello saw it and knew that it was it was the one that he gave to Desdemona. Now he knew that Cassio had the handkerchief for whatever reason, maybe, maybe not cheating but that is what Othello thought. Othello now is out for blood and especially

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