Theme Of Marriage In Othello

In the Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, Desdemona proves herself to be a well-spoken, intelligent and loyal woman. In the introduction, Desdemona proves much wit with her choice of words and explanations of her love for “the Moore.” In Act 1 Scene 3 lines 187-88 Desdemona makes her case in favor of her loyal marriage to Othello; “So much I challenge that I may profess/ Due to the Moor my lord,” (1.3.187-88). Women of this era were typically given away by their fathers, but it is seen in Othello that Desdemona created her own path and marries the Moor against her father’s wishes. In fact, Brabanzio states that Othello is a “foul thief” who has “enchanted her [Desdemona],” (1.1.63-4). This beginning deception leads to the demise of Desdemona by the end of the play. She proves to be loyal to Othello allowing his destructive path and personality shape her fate into what now

Her courage to “challenge” her father, goes to show her strength in which she is able to oppose and choose Othello, over Brabantio, even in the presence of the powerful venetian state. In Garber’s lecture, Shakespeare after all, its revealed that “Othello’s notions of womanhood are, it appears, more conventional than Desdemona’s,” meaning that Othello's ideas of a woman's role in society are much more traditional then the ideas of Desdemona. Desdemona defies her society's gender roles, through her outspokenness in which she defies the assumption that women were supposed to obey their

Desdemona, the daughter of Venetian senator Brabantio, is captivated by Othello’s fables of bravery as a warrior and she falls in love with him. In view of the fact that Desdemona is a “fair” woman and Othello is “an old black ram”, commonly referred to as ‘the Moor’, their marriage indicates that her fate might be tragic. In ‘Othello’, Desdemona is portrayed as a courageous young woman whose character is used against her in plotting her death. The particularly unfortunate event is the irony that the very qualities of her personality that make her a good woman defeated her.

    In William Shakespeare’s tragic drama Othello, the wife of the protagonist is Desdemona. She is a lovely, intelligent, wholesome and pious person. This essay will analyze her.

In the quotation above Desdemona speak to her father to forgive and bless her marriage with awesome speeches. she really loves Othello and she know that her father could angry about it, however she tried to invite the wisdom of his father's response to case of her marriage. In this analysis about Desdemona’s character, I conclude that, if seen from her age, it is really wise to act like that, it means have a good permission from Brabantio. Desdemona age is around teenagers but her thinking is more than her age. the teenage in this time usually do something freely and do not care about the rules how to be. It really shows the differences that significant with Desdemona’s

William Shakespeare’s 16th century play Othello is a duplicitous and fraudulent tale set alternatingly between Venice in act 1, and the island of Cyprus thereafter. The play follows the scandalous marriage between protagonist Othello, a Christian moore and the general of the army of Venice, and Desdemona, a respected and intelligent woman who also happens to be the daughter of the Venetian Senator Brabantio. Shakespeare undoubtedly positions the marriage to be viewed as heroic and noble, despite Othello’s hamartia and subsequent downfall that inevitably occurs. Their marriage is then sabotaged by the jealous Iago, Othello’s ensign and villain of the play. While Iago’s ostensible justification for instigating Othello’s demise was his failure to acquire Othello’s position as lieutenant, Iago’s motives are rarely directly articulated and seem to derive from an obsessive, almost aesthetic pleasure in manipulation and destruction. Through the genre of the play, being a Shakespearean tragedy, and the structural devices employed by Shakespeare such as plot development, exposition, foreshadowing, dénouement, dramatic excitement, and catharsis, the key ideas of jealousy, appearance vs. reality and pride are developed and explored.

William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice presents a man who is undone by his own insecurities, as well as strong female characters who lead to the downfall of the men. The character of Othello allows others to control how he feels and this leads to a tragedy that could have been prevented. The source of this tragedy comes from within himself. His character is completely wrapped up in his wife Desdemona’s character and interestingly enough, as soon as her character starts to decline from the words of Iago, so does Othello’s. Unable to stand on his own, Othello is more concerned with outwardly appearances than Desdemona. He puts more pressure on her, than he does himself in regards to his character and how he

Othello reveals how constructs and divisions in society cause barriers of belonging. Social constructs are particularly caused by the presumptions held by individuals. Othello’s Desdemona is classified as a dutiful wife. Her classification as a woman however, in a highly patriarchal society, leads to a restriction in her personality, giving her an unfulfilling experience of belonging. In his soliloquy, Iago assumes that even if he did not interfere with Othello and Desdemona, it would be fate that Desdemona would fall out of love with Othello and

Othello and Desdemona have peculiar relationship to say the least. While the story of Othello does not give us many insights on their relationship, throughout the story, we begin to question the concept of their relationship as a whole. The audience mostly blame the story of Othello ending in a tragedy on Iago, but as critical thinkers, they should consider the flaws of Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. Along with flaws, Othello and Desdemona had relationship issues already in areas of behavior and backgrounds. It seems more likely that their relationship was going to fail regardless of the actions of Iago.

This is ultimately reinforced by Lodovico’s reaction to Desdemona when she approaches him as kin. Lodovico’s mild reaction to Othello’s physical attack on Desdemona and his subsequent formal language towards her after dinner not only further confirms the distancing between Desdemona and her own kin but adds a deeper meaning to the words “Adieu, brave Moor: use Desdemona well.” (Shakespeare)

Desdemona symbolizes innocence and helplessness against men. Shakespeare presents Desdemona as a mature and knowledgeable woman for her age which is shown when she defends her love for Othello to her father, Brabantio. However this is seen differently in the eye's of the society at the time compared to present times. Brabantio declares her as "Against all rules of nature" (1.3). This statement reveals what the society believes what is natural and what is unnatural. To Venetian society at the time, "natural" is when a women complies to their husbands and fathers wishes, and it would be unnatural if they did not do so. Women are referred to as property, which is stated when Desdemona's father angrily calls Othello a "thief" (1.2). In the court of the Duke of Venice the male characters have an extensive colloquy that does to a great extent objectify the character of Desdemona. She is weak in the sense that she is unable to defend herself against her husband’s claims or his anger at the end of her life. She is also unable to realize that it is her behavior towards Cassio which is further contributing to Othello’s anger. She does not seem to think about her actions; instead she simply behaves exactly how Iago thinks she will based off her predictable women nature. This lack of critical thinking on her part may have contributed to her demise. The male characters showing their contempt

Othello and Desdemona’s manifestly love-filled relationship was somewhat shielded by society’s views of the age, social position and race differences, that would evidently cause implications. In the late sixteenth century, the time in which Othello is based, it was disreputable to do anything that was thought of as abnormal, for example, marrying below your class. Othello and Desdemona’s relationship was quickly looked down upon, simply due to the fact that it was seen as

Desdemona is shown as the most pure and proper of the women in Othello and is put into the center of all the drama. The men of the play manipulate her image of a naive lover to being a “ ...strumpet!” (V.ii.94). Desdemona is oblivious to what is going on around her and stays loyal to her morals but Iago’s rumours lure Othello to thinking otherwise. Desdemona’s true morals is her absolute devotion to her husband. She stayed loyal to her lover throughout the entire play and in the end it did her no good. “Nobody; I myself. Farewell! Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell!” Desdemona on her deathbed, still defends her Lord’s actions. She does not fight back nor call for help, Desdemona begs for her life asking to “Kill me (Desdemona) tomorrow; let me live tonight!” (V.ii.97). She is not as strong-willed like the other ladies and is Shakespeare’s example of the archetype of the innocence and has the bases of a flat character. After the

Communication is key. It’s important in athletics, in the workplace, in politics, in friendships, and particularly in a marriage. Many marriage counselors will say that the number one reason a marriage fails is due to a lack of communication. In Othello, not only did the marriage fail, it ended in a severe tragedy with Othello killing Desdemona. If Othello had simply gone to Desdemona and talked to her instead of believing all of Iago’s lies, then I would argue that the end of the story would have been completely different.

The tragic play Othello by William Shakespeare, discusses the relationship between Othello and Desdemona that begins as loving, but abruptly alters to a hateful relationship due to a lack of truth. Dishonesty and misunderstandings between Desdemona and Othello drive the collapse of their marriage as well as Iago’s deceitful words which force Othello to discredit Desdemona’s love. William Shakespeare portrays the fall of the relationship of Desdemona and Othello due to his ability of believing false delusions he hears about his wife and the reason for this is from his distrust for women, his jealousy and the fact that he truly lacks confidence in himself, leads him to doubt the love Desdemona has for him.