Othello Act 4 scene 1

I will not stay to offend you. (4.1 92)

Desdemona's genuine desire to please her husband is out of love. Othello imagines that she flees out of fear and he feels no sympathy. Earlier he claims, "If the earth could teem with woman's tears Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile." He claims that her utter sadness is but a trick that he will not fall for. Rather than confront his wife and listen to her argument he hits her, crossing over to the point of no return. Once he struck her Lodovico deemed him unworthy of his position and was in disbelief , As did Emilia and even Iago. Othello's rage has blinded him and set him on a destructive path blind to those who love him and blind to the imminent consequences.

mandate (4.1 93)- a command from a superior court of office to a lower one.

beseech (4.1 92) - to implore urgently.