Othello - Quote Response 18

In scene III Desdemona is summoned to stand before her father and confess her love for and marriage to Othello, "My noble Father,
I do perceive here a divided duty.
To you I am bound for life and education;
My life and education both do learn me
How to respect you. You are the lord of duty;
I am hitherto your daughter. But here's my husband,
And so much duty as my mother showed
To you, preferring you before her father,
So much I challenge that I may profess
Due to the Moor my lord" (Shakespeare 954).
What I like about this quote is that Desdemona was very straightforward, yet abstract, with how she justifies her marriage to Othello. Knowing that her father has great admiration and trust for Othello, she really did not need to testify about his character. She only needed to make her case by using the example of her mother's duty and loyalty to her father as her love and duty to Othello.
I think Shakespeare was very clever to not make this passage a lot longer with all the typical hard to follow dialogue that needs translation to make more sense of what's being said.