 | William Shakespeare, Steven Croft - Drama - 2004 - 212 pages
...again as low As hell's from heaven. If it were now to die, Twere now to be most happy; for I fear 1 80 My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this 183 Succeeds in unknown fate yet to come is the unknown future 187 here in my heart 188 And this, and... | |
 | Patricia Parker - History - 2005 - 254 pages
...a heady burst of runover lines that climax in a fantasy of Liebestod: If it were now to die 'Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her...another comfort, like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. (2.1.187-91) Like to what? What is he talking about? Is he only expressing relief that they both made... | |
 | Andreas Höfele, Werner von Koppenfels - History - 2005 - 312 pages
...hills of seas, Olympus-high, and duck again as low As hell's from heaven. If it were now to die Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her...another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. (II. 1.181-90) The logic of the speech turns on an initial opposition between storm and calm, death... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2005 - 900 pages
...hills of seas Olympus-high and duck again as low As hell's from heaven! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy; for I fear, My soul hath her...another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. DESDEM. The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase Even as our days do grow!... | |
 | Harriett Hawkins - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 308 pages
...sudden dread Othello experiences at a moment of extreme happiness: "If it were now to die, / Twere now to be most happy; for, I fear, / My soul hath...another comfort like to this / Succeeds in unknown fate" (2.1.188-92). Such dangerous and public relishing of happiness draws from Desdemona a nervous disclaimer:... | |
 | G. M. Pinciss - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 214 pages
...wonder great as my content To see you here before me. O my soul's joy! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy; for I fear My soul hath her...another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. (Il.i) The speaker has this instant been reunited with the woman he has only just married; actually,... | |
 | J. B. Leishman - Drama - 2005 - 264 pages
...hills of seas Olympus-high, and duck again as low As hell's from heaven! If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy, for, I fear, My soul hath her...not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate1 (II, i, i86ff.); and like If thou dost slander her and torture me, Never pray more; abandon all... | |
 | John Cullen Gruesser - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 193 pages
...with his wife on Cyprus, he can barely contain his emotion, telling her If it were now to die, 'Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her...absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds to unknown fate. (2.1.187-91) Observing this uncharacteristic display of passion, lago knows for certain... | |
 | William R. Brashear - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 182 pages
...it, even as Othello knows that his joy is "too much" and cannot sustain itself in this world: . . . for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That...comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. The destiny of Othello lies in his compulsion to realize this fear, and Iago is far from comprehending... | |
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Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. 
