Othello: "Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul
But I do love thee! And when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again." (Act III Scene III 98-100)
This passage is a great example of the depth of Othello's love for Desdemona. It is also a great example of a poisoned mind. A mind that has been manipulated to think ill of a woman he loves with a depth some will never understand. The footnotes say lines 99-100 mean "my love for you will last forever, until the end of time when chaos will return". It's amazing that someone can love another that much and yet still be able to believe so much ill of them. To be brought to a point of such untrust, such hurt, such irrationality. To love another so intensely and with so much esteem for them, yet believe yourself unworthy of their love in return, and therefore question your ability to hold their interest. The lack of trust comes not from their actions, but from the inability to see worth in oneself.
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