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GATE 2025 XH2 (English) – Question 47

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 2 marks · Multiple choice

“Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,/Is the immediate jewel of their souls/Who steals my purse steals trash; ‘tis something, nothing;/‘Twas mine, ‘tis his, and has been slave to thousands.”
These lines are from ________________.

  1. The Duchess of Malfi
  2. Dr Faustus
  3. Othello
  4. Macbeth

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Correct answer: (C) Othello

Explanation

Iago speaks these lines to Othello (Act 3, Scene 3), on the worth of a good name.