Monologue

Othello Monologue

From Othello by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:00 min

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That is a fault. That handkerchief Did an Egyptian to my mother give. She was a charmer, and could almost read The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, ’Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love. But if she lost it, Or made a gift of it, my father’s eye Should hold her loathed, and his spirits should hunt After new fancies: she, dying, gave it me, And bid me, when my fate would have me wive, To give it her. I did so; and take heed on’t, Make it a darling like your precious eye. To lose’t or give’t away were such perdition As nothing else could match.

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Othello reflects on the significance of a handkerchief given to him by his mother, revealing its deep emotional and symbolic value in his relationship with Desdemona.

30s · longing · love · fate · betrayal · family

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