How Does Othello Send Desdemona To Bed

Desdemona is Othello’s happiness, and his love for her is pure. In the Renaissance era, the basis of a marriage is wealth and status. However, Othello and Desdemona’s relationship is untraditional in comparison to arranged marriages. It proves that their marriage bases off of the love they have for one another and not for wealth. Othello tells Desdemona his stories of the past, and she accepts his history. Othello finally finds someone who acknowledges his experiences and is grateful that someone accepts who he is regardless of skin colour. When Othello arrives at Cyprus, he immediately goes to Desdemona stating he is content to see her. He expresses his affection with a kiss, which embodies his love for her. Othello genuinely loves every aspect of Desdemona and enjoys her presence.

In Act 4 scene 3 of the tragedy Othello, William Shakespeare uses Emilia as Desdemona’s literary foil, in order to highlight the idea that Desdemona is a very loyal and naive character. In the scene, contrasting character Emilia repeatedly states it’s not a big deal if women cheat on men, while Desdemona acts as if being unfaithful to your partner is the biggest sin in the world. The differences between these two characters help readers understand them much better. Emilia’s willingness to cheat on men largely contrasts Desdemona’s morals in many different ways. For example, when talking about Lodovico, Emilia states “I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.”

At the beginning of the play, Desdemona tells her father that her obedience to him is secondary to her obedience to Othello. She proves to Othello time and time again how loyal she is, although Othello still believes that she betrays him. When Othello is subsequently blinded by jealousy, Desdemona knows her untimely death could be prevented. Instead of rebelling or running away, she is loyal to Othello until she dies. She asks Othello what she has done to anger him, because her intentions thus far had been only to please Othello. She learns of her fictitious betrayal, and knows she is not guilty, yet she lets Othello kill her for a deed she did not commit. Then when Emilia finds her dying and asks who killed her, Desdemona tells her that she killed herself and asks Emilia to make things right between Othello and her. She has been betrayed by Othello, yet she remains loyal to him and spares him of any punishment for his actions. Then, she dies hoping that Othello will one day forgive

She emphasizes as well that Othello's jealousy and irrational suspicion feeds on itself. Thus, it only takes a seed of doubt before it grows into an insuppressible obsession. With this in mind, Emilia's character is proven to be more complex since her warning displays her genuine concern for Desdemona yet her betrayal of stealing the handkerchief for Iago makes her loyalty to Desdemona questionable. Accordingly, this demonstrates that she follows Iago only because of her wifely duty, but her true loyalty resides with Desdemona. Notably, proving that Shakespeare's social commentary about Emilia's internal conflict is brought upon by highlighting the difficulty of being a woman during the Elizabethan era. Torn between society obliging her to devote her life to pleasing her ungrateful husband and her integrity of remaining loyal to the people she truly cares about, such as Desdemona, Shakespeare evokes to accentuate the sacrifices women in the late 1500s had to endure. Furthermore, Emilia's ambiguous loyalty best connects to the theme Appearance v. Reality. Her conflicting loyalty results from her duality both to Desdemona and Iago. On one side, Desdemona fully trusts Emilia and fails to see her crucial role in the handkerchief scheme. On the other, Iago underestimates his own wife. Despite her submissiveness, she's the only one who can ultimately cause Iago's downfall.

After the conversation, Othello states to himself “Why did I marry? This honest creature doubtless Sees and knows more, much more, than he unfolds.” He questions his decision of marrying Desdemona after very little convincing in something being wrong with the couples bond. However, unlike Othello Desdemona seems secure in her relationship “I saw Othello's visage in his mind, And to his honors and his valiant parts Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate. So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, A moth of peace, and he go to the war, The rites for which I love him are bereft me And I a heavy interim shall support By his dear absence. Let me go with him.” (Orthello) It is here that she not only defends her right to marry Othello, but this quote also displays that she is not frightened to show a yearning for her husband. Even though she seems to be unbothered by the couple’s irregularity, it only takes the insecurities of a single person in a marriage for it to eventually fall

In Act 4 scene 2, Desdemona, emotions were that she was really depressed and shocked on the way Othello, was treated her and what he was saying to her. She showed this when she interacted with other characters in the scene, when she was talking to Iago and Emilia on why is Othello is saying those things about her, if they are not even true. She decides to tell Iago that, she has no idea where Othello is getting all that information from because it’s not true, so she wants Iago to go make amends for her with Othello. The song, “Broken Wings,” by Martina McBride and the act from, “Othello,” by William Shakespeare have the same character development and emotional tones. In the song “Broken Wings,” McBride states, “She loved him like he was /

Desdemona was the daughter of the Venetian Senator Brabantio. Brabantio in oppose to the marriage for othello but Desdemona shows bravery and standing up against her father. She concedes that does in reality adore Othelo and needs to be with him. This proves that she is loyal to Othelo. Emilia’s love for Iago is loaded with so much passion and commitment. She stole Desdemona’s handkerchief hoping her husband would be appreciative. By this she saws her considerable loyalty for Iago. However, by this Desdemona and Emilia show loyalty and they are respecting their husbands.

In this scene, Othello is insinuating that Desdemona should ignore her temptations. Because of Desdemona’s love for him and determination to get Cassio employed again, she overlooks this comment. Throughout their conversation, Othello is saying that she would be more tempted to cheat because she is young. Othello is not hiding his suspicion that he thinks Desdemona is cheating on him. Another event that takes place is when Othello finally confronts her. After he accuses her, Desdemona responds that she is his “true and loyal wife” (4.2.41). Othello then proceeds to condemn her by retaliating,

As the Othello’s jealousy increases and his attitude becomes more and more unjust and violent, Desdemona remains the same. Despite the fact that she does not understand the harshness of his husband, she does not let the insults to affect her love for the Moor and “she answer him with that winning gentleness of which her character is all compact.”(Ellits 48)

Desdemona loves Othello dearly, which is reflected in how loyal she is to him. There are two situations in particular that Desdemona demonstrates this. First, when discussing women that cheat with Emilia, Desdemona claimed,”Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong / For the whole world” (4.3.73-74). She would not cheat on Othello for the entire world. Another instance where she shows how loyal she is to Othello is at the end of the play. Othello stabbed her, and

In act four Emilia starts to add up a few things. At least comes to grasp that Othello thinks that Desdemona is cheating on him with someone. She is also concerned with why she is being sent away and continually asks why but is shut down. Desdemona, who seems determined not to share this concern obeys his orders without question. Her only concern is whether or not her husband still loves her. Even as Emilia starts battering on Desdemona’s husband she answers with “My love doth so approve him/ That even his stubbornness, his cheeks, his/frowns/Prithee me-have grace and favor,” (4.3.19-20) Declaring her love for him even though he belittles her.

Desdemona, a complex character in William Shakespeare’s Othello, suffers a fate worse than she deserves, is overcome by forces she cannot control, and is then sacrificed for the benefit of others. Although she shows courage when standing up to her father in her marriage to Othello, Desdemona becomes passive as a wife who is abused by her husband. Desdemona innocently wishes for Othello to be friends with Cassio again, but circumstances beyond her control lead her husband to believe that she has betrayed him and ultimately lead to her murder by his hand. Desdemona is sacrificed for Iago’s benefit. Only after her death is the truth revealed and Iago is exposed as the true villain he is.

Emilia and Desdemona differ in the viewpoint on men and marriage. Their major difference is highlighted when they discuss the thought adultery. In this scene, Emilia says that it’s ok to commit adultery if their husbands are not treating them fairly, cheating on them or not showing them any attention. She thinks that the bad behavior of a woman is only a reflection of her husband's bad behavior. She says she may be willing disobey her husband, if the world is offered as a price. Desdemona disagrees completely and believe that they should always be honest and obedient to their husbands no matter what. This is portrayed throughout the play that Desdemona loves and cares for her husband even after he hits her and calls her names.

Desdemona is oblivious to Othello’s plans until he begins to enact them on her. She insists her innocence during the entire process. Emilia enters Desdemona’s chamber unknowing of what had occurred to find her mistress wailing “o falsely, falsely murdered”(5.2.144) and “a guiltless death I die” (5.2.150). As Emily realizes what had happened she is sent into a rage of defending Desdemona’s faithfulness and pieces together Iago’s role in the planting of the idea. Emilia calls guards and screams at Othello, defending Desdemona. She continually insists Desdemona could and would never have cheated on Othello and responds to Othello’s accusation of Desdemona being unfaithful by saying “o, the more angle she, and you the blacker devil!” (5.2.161). Emilia not only draws on Desdemona’s angelic presence, but also Othello’s biggest insecurity; his ethnicity. The action of her referring him to a blacker devil not only associates Othello with the embodiment of all evil but also stripps him of his accomplishments by taking away his name and only speaking to his skin color. Iago rushes into the chamber and in an argument between them, kills Emilia because she exposed his role in the entire thing. Emilia’s last dying wish was to die next to her honorable mistress, proving Emilia’s complete devotion to

Othello and Desdemona’s relationship eventually becomes distorted like Othello’s mind. At first, both Othello and Desdemona defend their love for each other to the best of their ability against Brabantio and his prejudice objections as he thinks their relationship is “against all rules of nature”. Othello is wholly devoted to Desdemona and she returns this love, in act 1 when Othello is defending his love for Desdemona he says “not only take away, but let your sentence even fall upon my life”, this foreshadows his inevitable death and destruction however in this act we see truly how deep the love between Desdemona and Othello is and that their love could even disrupt the idealistic ways set by the state. On the other hand it can be questioned whether Desdemona’s motives for marriage were due to her love for Othello or “if she meant to shock her father?”