Othello Original Text: Act 2, Scene 2

This page contains the original text of Othello Act 2, Scene 2. Shakespeare’s original Othello text is extremely long, so we’ve split the text into one Scene per page. All Acts are listed on the Othello text page, or linked to from the bottom of this page.

ACT 2. SCENE 2. A street.

Enter a Herald with a proclamation; People following

Herald

It is Othello’s pleasure, our noble and valiant
general, that, upon certain tidings now arrived,
importing the mere perdition of the Turkish fleet,
every man put himself into triumph; some to dance,
some to make bonfires, each man to what sport and
revels his addiction leads him: for, besides these
beneficial news, it is the celebration of his
nuptial. So much was his pleasure should be
proclaimed. All offices are open, and there is full
liberty of feasting from this present hour of five
till the bell have told eleven. Heaven bless the
isle of Cyprus and our noble general Othello!

Exeunt

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Modern Othello Act 1, Scene 1	|	Othello text Act 1, Scene 1
Modern Othello Act 1, Scene 2	|	Othello text Act 1, Scene 2
Modern Othello Act 1, Scene 3	|	Othello text Act 1, Scene 3
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Modern Othello Act 2, Scene 1	|	Othello text Act 2, Scene 1
Modern Othello Act 2, Scene 2	|	Othello text Act 2, Scene 2
Modern Othello Act 2, Scene 3	|	Othello text Act 2, Scene 3
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Modern Othello Act 3, Scene 2	|	Othello text Act 3, Scene 2
Modern Othello Act 3, Scene 3	|	Othello text Act 3, Scene 3
Modern Othello Act 3, Scene 4	|	Othello text Act 3, Scene 4
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Modern Othello Act 4, Scene 2	|	Othello text Act 4, Scene 2
Modern Othello Act 4, Scene 3	|	Othello text Act 4, Scene 3
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