Desdemona monologue from Othello

Desdemona’s monologue

My noble father,

I do perceive here a divided duty:

To you I am bound for life and education;

My life and education both do learn me

5How to respect you; you are the lord of duty;

I am hitherto your daughter: but here's my husband,

And so much duty as my mother show'd

To you, preferring you before her father,

So much I challenge that I may profess

10Due to the Moor my lord.

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