Othello

alacrity readiness²⁴⁸ hardness hardship/a hard bed²⁵⁰ bending…state submitting (possibly bowing) to your authority as duke²⁵¹ fit disposition suitable arrangements²⁵² reference…exhibition assignment of lodgings and financial maintenance²⁵³ accommodation provision/lodgings besort suitable company²⁵⁴ levels with equals/befits²⁶⁰ eye sight²⁶¹ unfolding ensuing speech/explanation prosperous favorable²⁶² charter permission/ privilege²⁶³ simpleness unassuming disposition/guilelessness/foolishness²⁶⁶ violence violation of convention/extreme strength of feeling storm of fortunes the tempestuous nature of my lot/the disruption of my privileged life²⁶⁷ subdued Even to entirely submissive to/wholly conquered by²⁶⁸ very quality fundamental nature²⁷⁰ parts qualities²⁷¹ consecrate dedicate solemnly, devote²⁷³ moth i.e. insignificant creature/ creature that hovers idly/source of expense²⁷⁴ rites rites of love/rights, privileges²⁷⁶ dear heartfelt/costly²⁷⁷ voice support, consent²⁷⁸ Vouch witness²⁸⁰ comply with heat submit to sexual desire young affects youthful passions²⁸¹ defunct…satisfaction no longer active (defunct, dead) desire for sexual satisfaction²⁸² free generous²⁸³ heaven may heaven that if²⁸⁴ scant neglect/diminish²⁸⁵ toys trifles/Cupid’s arrows²⁸⁶ feathered alludes either to Cupid’s wings or to his arrows Cupid Roman god of love (traditionally depicted as a blind boy with wings)seel blind (literally to sew up the eyes of a young hawk for training purposes)wanton dullness postcoital lethargy²⁸⁷ speculative…instrument i.e. eyes, official faculties of vision²⁸⁸ That so that disports (sexual) entertainments²⁸⁹ skillet cooking pot helm helmet²⁹⁰ indign unworthy, dishonorable²⁹¹ Make head advance/raise troops estimation reputation²⁹³ cries calls for³⁰⁰ quality and respect significance and relevance³⁰¹ import concern³⁰⁴ conveyance escorting³⁰⁹ delighted delightful³¹⁰ fair beautiful/pale/virtuous black ugly/dark- complexioned/wicked³¹⁴ Honest honorable/virtuous/truthful³¹⁷ in… advantage at the most favorable opportunity³¹⁹ direction instruction³²⁰ time i.e. current urgency of affairs³²² heart friend³²⁵ incontinently immediately/ loosely, unchastely³²⁹ prescription ancient right/doctor’s prescription³³³ Ere before³³⁴ guinea-hen female turkey or guinea-fowl/prostitute change exchange³³⁵ baboon i.e. an idiot (monkeys were also associated with lechery)³³⁷ fond doting, infatuated/foolish virtue nature/power/moral strength³³⁸ A fig! coarse exclamation of dismissive contempt, often accompanied by the thrusting of the thumb between the index and middle fingers³⁴⁰ set plant³⁴¹ hyssop an aromatic herb gender type³⁴² distract divide sterile with idleness unproductive as a result of neglect³⁴⁴ corrigible authority power to correct beam bar from which the scales of a balance are suspended/the balance itself³⁴⁵ poise counterbalance³⁴⁶ blood passions³⁴⁷ preposterous perverse/illogical/monstrous conclusions outcomes³⁴⁸ motions impulses, emotions carnal stings sexual urges (with phallic connotations)³⁴⁹ unbitted unbridled, unrestrained³⁵⁰ sect or scion cutting or shoot³⁵³ will personal inclination/ sexual desire³⁵⁵ knit tied firmly, committed perdurable indestructible³⁵⁶ stead help, support³⁵⁷ defeat…beard disfigure your face with a false beard (or perhaps “by growing a beard”) ³⁶² answerable sequestration corresponding separation³⁶⁴ locusts fruit of the carob tree³⁶⁵ coloquintida colocynth, a bitter apple³⁶⁶ change for youth exchange Othello for a younger man/because she’s young (and therefore changeable)³⁶⁸ delicate enjoyable/elegant/ingenious³⁶⁹ Make raise³⁷⁰ sanctimony holiness erring roving/blundering/sinful barbarian person from Barbary/uncivilized savage³⁷¹ supersubtle extremely refined/supremely cunning³⁷³ pox of plague on pox plague, venereal disease clean… way entirely the wrong measure to take³⁷⁴ in for compassing achieving/sexually embracing joy sexual pleasure/Desdemona³⁷⁶ fast reliable/constant³⁷⁷ issue outcome³⁷⁸ art i.e. may be³⁸⁰ hearted grounded in the heart³⁸¹