All 3 Uses of
conscience
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Though in the trade of war I have slain men, Yet do I hold it very stuff o' the conscience To do no contriv'd murder: I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service: nine or ten times I had thought to have yerk'd him here under the ribs.†
Scene 1.2conscience = feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- I know our country disposition well; In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience Is not to leave undone, but keep unknown.†
Scene 3.3
- — Dost thou in conscience think,—tell me, Emilia,— That there be women do abuse their husbands In such gross kind?†
Scene 4.3 *
Definition:
feeling or judgment of morally right or wrong personal behavior