From the novel; Othello
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speech is intended to _______
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preserve the speaker's reputation
- express the speakers remorse
- express the speaker's acceptance of guilt
- denounce the speaker's enemies