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what does "Yet I’ll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light: if I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore" mean from Othello - Act V, Scene ii

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I think what it means that the character does not want to kill her yet he has to. Because he/she has no choice but to do so.
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