Act 5 Scene 2 Quote Analysis

Rachel Igoe

English Honors

G-Period

23 November 2010

Act 5 Scene 2 Quote Analysis

“Nobody. I myself. Farewell. / Commend me to my kind lord. O, Farewell” (V.ii.152-153)

            Desdemona is conversing with Emilia in this scene before Desdemona is killed. Emilia asks Desdemona who has done this to her and she innocently says that she did it to herself and to give her love to husband. Desdemona is aware that Othello is the one who has attempted to kill her, but she shows how faithful she is by blaming it on herself. Desdemona is a martyr for Othello’s love. She is willing to take the blame and not fight back, although she knows that Othello is wrong about the whole situation.  Throughout the play Desdemona repeatedly says that she would die for Othello’s love and if he wished to kill her she would let him. Desdemona is truly a loyal character because she even saves her husband from getting in trouble by telling Emilia that no one tried to kill her and that she did it to herself. Before she dies she also says that she is dying an innocent women, which makes the reader feel bad for her because she does not deserve to be killed for something she did not pursue.