The Depths of Desire (Othello)

Themes: Classical, Desire, Dramatic, Othello, Shakespeare
Length: 1 Minute
Gender: Male

[Othello expresses his intense love and admiration for Desdemona, his emotions oscillating between joy and fear of losing such profound happiness. He speaks with fervor, his voice filled with passion and urgency, capturing the dramatic intensity of his desire.]

Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul,
But I do love thee! and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again.
Put up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
Good signior, you shall more command with years
Than with your weapons. O, my fair warrior!
My dear Othello!
It gives me wonder great as my content
To see you here before me. O my soul’s joy!
If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have waken’d death!
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven! If it were now to die,
‘Twere now to be most happy; for, I fear,
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.