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Othello [his thoughts;soliloquy]

Original- “If I do prove her haggard, though that her jesses weremy dear heartstrings, I'd whistle her off and lit her down the wind to prey at fortune. Halpy, for I am black and have not those soft parts of my conversation that chambers have, or for I am declined into the valve of years-yet that's not much-she's gone, I am abused, and my relief must be loathe to her.”

Modern- “If it turns out that she really is running around on me, I'll send her away, even though it'll break my heart. Maybe because I'm black, and I don't have nice manners like courtiers do, or because I'm getting old-but that's not much-she's gone, and I've been cheated on. I have no choice but to hate her.”


Now because of all the hatred and the threats Othello thinks that he is no longer worthy of Desdemona's love. Also because of Iago's lie that Desdemona is cheating on him, Othello thinks that because he has darker skin it gives her reason not to be pure to their marriage.