Get me some poison, Iago; this night: I’ll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind again: this night, Iago.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 4, Scene 1. His mind poisoned by Iago, Othello determines to murder Desdemona. He wants to do it with poison that night, so he won’t have to speak or reason with her. He fears that his resolve to kill her could weaken if he sees her body and beauty.