Othello
act 1 - scene 3
why does desdemona want to go with othello to war?
why does desdemona want to go with othello to war?
She wants to be with her husband in his "natural element". She wants to support him where he is.
So that, dear lords, if I be left behind A moth of peace and he go to the war, The rites for which I love him are bereft me, And I a heavy interim shall support By his dear absence. Let me go with him.