Desdemona also reaches her downfall due to her imbalance but she was too far into the spiritual world. Desdemona loves Othello to the point that she is willing to defy her father to be with him, “That i 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” (Othello I.III.283). She makes this claim when Brabantio, her father, is attempting to convince the duke Othello has frauded Desdemona into marriage. Desdemona's priorities do not change. Even though she knows Othello is plotting to kill her she does not leave him, “And have you mercy too. I never did offend you in my life, never loved Cassio but with such general warranty of heaven as I might love. I never gave him token” (Othello V.II.73). She proves that she is obsessed with the idea of love more so than the actual love her and Othello shared when she chooses to stay and sacrifice her life in order to stay loyal to her love. In Shakespeare's tragedy no character is able to find balance and is therefore
Desdemona also reaches her downfall due to her imbalance but she was too far into the spiritual world. Desdemona loves Othello to the point that she is willing to defy her father to be with him, “That i 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” (Othello I.III.283). She makes this claim when Brabantio, her father, is attempting to convince the duke Othello has frauded Desdemona into marriage. Desdemona's priorities do not change. Even though she knows Othello is plotting to kill her she does not leave him, “And have you mercy too. I never did offend you in my life, never loved Cassio but with such general warranty of heaven as I might love. I never gave him token” (Othello V.II.73). She proves that she is obsessed with the idea of love more so than the actual love her and Othello shared when she chooses to stay and sacrifice her life in order to stay loyal to her love. In Shakespeare's tragedy no character is able to find balance and is therefore