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Othello Monologue

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When the day came that Louis was to arrive- his ship did not come in. I worried he would come during the night so I sent Boudreaux away lest he catch us together. He did not want to leave me, but did not want to disappoint his friend either. We had decided to keep secret how close we had become, and that we could be together when Louis was away. I feared Louis would kill me if he discovered the truth; or, that to sate his honor he would challenge Boudreaux to a duel and murder him for touching me… What was that he said before he left when I questioned him about leaving Ransom Boudreaux to look after me and escort me to various events? He said, “He will not touch you without your consent- he knows that I will disembowel him if he so much as …show more content…

“Not presently, but I know she is out there, that she lives in danger of being discovered and she and her lover beheaded by her jealous husband.” he looked from me to Boudreaux and then back to me as he said this- If he knew the truth, then surely Louis would see through our act too… “Did not Shakespeare do that tale in one of his tragedies, maybe Othello?” “No, Othello was about a Moorish general named Othello; He was in the Venetian army and heralded for his strength and stamina. However, his paranoid mind and his jealousy of his beautiful white wife, Desdemona- would be his undoing. Othello was a black man you know. It’s rare that a black man rises to such a powerful position.” By his manner of explanation, I wondered if he knew that Anasazi was my real mother… Had Angelique told him everything about us, about me? If so, then he knew that truth too; how could Angelique have been so foolish, to tell others the truth of my origin… Why is it that we feel compelled to tell our lovers things we would never admit to anyone else… That night, I was in no mood for any more suggestions of running away- I tried to send Boudreaux away on the premise that Louis could sail in at any moment. He informed me that he had checked the harbor at dusk dark and Louis’ ship was not

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