Monologue

Desdemona Monologue from Othello

From Othello by William Shakespeare

female · anguished · 1:11 min

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Alas, Iago, What shall I do to win my lord again? Good friend, go to him. For by this light of heaven, I know not how I lost him. Here I kneel. If e’er my will did trespass ’gainst his love, Either in discourse of thought or actual deed, Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense, Delighted them in any other form, Or that I do not yet, and ever did, And ever will, (though he do shake me off To beggarly divorcement) love him dearly, Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much; And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. I cannot say “whore,” It does abhor me now I speak the word; To do the act that might the addition earn Not the world’s mass of vanity could make me.

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Desdemona kneels in desperation, pleading for understanding and reconciliation with Othello, expressing her unwavering love amidst accusations and betrayal.

20s · despair · love · betrayal · trust · identity

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