Othello #6

"Unkindness may do much, and his unkindness may defeat my life, but never taint my love" (Shakespeare 4.2 158-160). This quote is crucial to understanding how Desdemona truly feels about Othello. Previously in the book we have been shown that they really are in love, but this shows specifically how faithful she is to who she believes to be her one and only, true love. By saying this, she is saying that she loves him so much that even if he were to kill her, her love for him would stay the same. No one would say something like this unless they really meant it. This quote is also an example of foreshadowing to the death of Desdemona. Somehow, she knows her fate and in saying this, it clearly becomes known to us too.