This chapter's epigraph is from a speech delivered by Desdemona at the opening of the play. She tells the audience that the play is about seven deadly sins, and that she is the "determined chief holy knight" . She says that she has seen seven of these sins in the play and that they are the same sins she has committed against her own family. She also says that the seven sins she is about to commit are sins against herself and her own life. She is also referring to the seven curses she has performed against her family, and she says that if she were to commit one of these seven sins, she would kill her own son. She then goes on to say that she would rip out his eyes if he were to do the same thing to her son. This is a direct reference to the fact that Desdemonas is trying to kill his own son, and he says that he will not do it. He then says that his son has been his "perfect part" for ten years and that he has no need for a "slight human body" like his son's. He says that it is his right to kill him and that it would be a waste of