Othello – Monologue (Desdemona)

A monologue from the play by William Shakespeare

Act 1, Scene 3

DESDEMONA

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 honour 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.

Read the play here – Folger|No Fear Shakespeare

Watch the movie – 1995 (Laurence Fishburne)|2008 (Shakespeare Globe Theater)

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