In the final act of the tragedy, Othello confronts Desdemona in her bedchamber, accusing her of infidelity with Cassio. Despite her desperate pleas of innocence and requests for mercy, Othello's jealousy drives him to carry out his plan to murder her.
OTHELLO: Have you pray’d tonight, Desdemona?
DESDEMONA: Ay, my lord.
OTHELLO: If you bethink yourself of any crime unreconcil’d as yet to heaven and grace, solicit for it straight.
DESDEMONA: Alack, my lord, what may you mean by that?
OTHELLO: Well, do it, and be brief, I will walk by. I would not k
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