Vol. 08 · Shakespeare ·Othello, Act II.iii ·Cassio
"O, I have lost my reputation!"
Not quite the line.
How it's usually quoted
"O, I have lost my reputation!"
What Shakespeare actually wrote
"Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!" Cassio — Othello, Act II.iii
Why it matters
Cassio repeats "reputation" three times — the tripling is the drama. Quoting only the sentence that follows drops the drunken anguish that sells the line.
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