# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

Othello
[II, 1]

Desdemona

905

What wouldst thou write of me, if thou shouldst
praise me?

2

Othello
[II, 1]

Desdemona

911

I am not merry; but I do beguile
The thing I am, by seeming otherwise.
Come, how wouldst thou praise me?

3

Othello
[IV, 3]

Desdemona

3090

Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?

4

Othello
[IV, 3]

Desdemona

3095

Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?

5

Othello
[IV, 3]

Desdemona

3098

In troth, I think thou wouldst not.