Monologue

Othello Monologue

From Othello by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 54 sec

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Let her have your voice. Vouch with me, heaven, I therefore beg it not To please the palate of my appetite, Nor to comply with heat, the young affects In me defunct, and proper satisfaction, But to be free and bounteous to her mind. And heaven defend your good souls that you think I will your serious and great business scant For she is with me. No, when light-wing’d toys Of feather’d Cupid seel with wanton dullness My speculative and offic’d instruments, That my disports corrupt and taint my business, Let housewives make a skillet of my helm, And all indign and base adversities Make head against my estimation.

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Othello expresses his desire for his wife Desdemona to be treated with respect and honor, asserting his commitment to her while grappling with the weight of societal expectations and personal integrity.

30s · determination · love · honor · freedom · identity

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