 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...separation and their danger, the depth of his affection bursts forth in irrepressible words : — " If it were now to die, 'T were now to be most happy;...That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unkuown fate." Such are the materials upon which lago has to work in Othello. But, had Desdemona been... | |
 | Janet Adelman - Drama - 1992 - 396 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. (2.1.184-93) The anticipation of sexual union — represented in the climbing and ducking of the labouring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 180 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 fate.60 DESDEM. The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase Even as our days... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Drama - 1992 - 340 pages
...voice of love itself; describing that passion in so extatic a manner, as seemingly justified his fear That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate." The "vehemence" of this Othello's "tender passion for Desdemona seized every imagination." 41 But Barry's... | |
 | Carol Thomas Neely - Drama - 1985 - 300 pages
...Cyprus suggests his preference for a perpetually unconsummated courtship: 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.i.189-93] In response Desdemona asserts instead quotidian joys: The heavens forbid But that our... | |
 | Herbert R. Coursen - Performing Arts - 1993 - 212 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. (1.2.212-22) He says too much, claiming a superhuman perfection for himself, his words placing him... | |
 | Graham Bradshaw - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...Cyprus, Othello exclaims, If it were now to dye, 'Twere now to be most happy. For I feare, My Soule hath her content so absolute, That not another comfort like to this, Succeedes in unknowne Fate. (2.1.189-93) These lines express a feeling both rare and familiar (I imagine... | |
 | Maynard Mack - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 300 pages
...tragic hero's intimation of some doom possibly yet hanging in the stars: 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) May "this, and this," he adds, kissing her, "the greatest discords be That e'er our hearts... | |
 | Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 532 pages
...his relationship with Desdemona — 'O my soul's joy!' as he exclaimed at their reunion in Cyprus, My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate . . . (2.1. 179ff ) are undermined one by one. The collapse of his private world — 'when I love thee... | |
 | Jean-Pierre Maquerlot - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 220 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...comfort, like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. The heavens forbid But that our loves and comforts should increase, Even as our days do grow. Amen to that,... | |
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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. 
