Monologue

Desdemona Monologue from Othello

From Othello by William Shakespeare

female · anguished · 50 sec

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That I did love the Moor to live with him, My downright violence and storm of fortunes May trumpet to the world: my heart’s subdued Even to the very quality of my lord. I saw Othello’s visage in his mind, And to his honours and his valiant parts Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate. So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, A moth of peace, and he go to the war, The rites for which I love him are bereft me, And I a heavy interim shall support By his dear absence. Let me go with him.

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Desdemona expresses her deep love and longing for Othello as he prepares to go to war, revealing her emotional turmoil at the thought of being separated from him.

20s · longing · love · war · absence · sacrifice

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