"Come, Desdemona: 'tis the soldiers' life/To have their balmy slumbers waked with strife." (Othello, 2.3.256-257)
This quote is significant because it refers back to the theme of "Our Captain's Captain", or Desdemona being the captain of Othello. I suppose this can be looked at in numerous ways, but I think it's basically Othello saying how much he's devoted to Desdemona, perhaps. Basically, he's saying a Soldier is supposed to have their sleep disrupted by trouble--just like what happened to him. He's calling himself a soldier, while he's in fact a general(Yes, a general is a type of soldier, but then why didn't he just say general?). In other words, almost making himself lower, kind of saying he is Desdemona's soldier, while she is his captain. Plus, it rhymes.
Definitions:
Fain-(Adv.) gladly; willingly; He would fain accept. (2.3.29)
Wight-(Noun) 1. a human being 2.[obsolete] a. a supernatural being, as a witch or sprite. b. any living being; a creature. (2.3.90)
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