That I did love the Moor to live with him,
My downright violence and storm of fortunes
May trumpet to the world.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. Desdemona portrays herself as a fiercely independent woman and breaker of social norms in this speech to the Senate. This is shown in her "downright violence" against custom by eloping with Othello and denying her father any say in her choice of husband. This passage shows the warrior in Desdemona taking her fortune by "storm" and asserting her right to be with the man she loves.