The speech is about ________?

When remedies are past, griefs are ended

By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone

Is the next way to draw new mischief on.

What cannot be preserved when fortune takes,

Patience her injury a mock’ry makes.

The robbed that smiles. steals something from the thief’,

He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

(Act I, Scene Three, lines 200 – 207) 31.

A. Brabantio’s complaint about Othello.
B. Othello’s loss of his handkerchief
C. Brabantio’s loss of his daughter
D. the fight between Cassio and Roderigo

Correct Answer:

Option A – Brabantio’s complaint about Othello.