Othello Essays on Desdemona

In Greek, Desdemona means “Misery/Unlucky”, perhaps reflecting an ideology that she is not meant to be liked and merely pitied for her misfortune as a tragic victim of Othello’s jealousy and Iago’s malevolence. Desdemona is unable to prevent herself from becoming a victim to Othello’s violent behavior, which is caused by his pride being wounded by the idea of society considering him as emasculate by Desdemona’s cuckold. These strong emotions that are being displayed is a vital component of tragedy

In Othello, the men decide what their wives are worth. In the beginning of the play, Othello describes Desdemona as “[a] fair warrior” (2.1.173) and “virtuous” (3.3.188), and claims their love will overcome any challenge they face: “And this, and this, the greatest discords be that e’er our hearts shall make” (2.1.190-191). He also declares, “But I do love thee; and when I love thee not, chaos is come again” (3.3.91-92), which is stating that when he doesn’t love Desdemona, there will be great strife

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

In the play Othello, Shakespeare suggests that the more virtuous a person is, the easier it is for others to use their own virtues against them, which inevitably leads to that person’s downfall. Shakespeare introduces the character Othello, a highly respected army general and Christian Moor, he possesses many important virtues such as honesty, bravery, commitment, courage, gentleness, love, loyalty and trust. Iago, the antagonist of the play, notices Othello’s trusting nature early on, saying “the

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

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

In the play Desdemona is a white venetian women who is highly desired by many men in the city. However, thru all the beautiful characteristics that shape her to be desirable to the eye, she is portrayed as a loyal and faithful wife. Even though she is white and of royal descent, she marries Othello who is of color because she is truly in love. She is a strong woman who is loyal to her husband because, besides the criticising comments of others, she is not affected by it and remains passionate towards

Shakespeare retells his play in a book called Othello. Othello is a general of venetian army who is in love with Desdemona daughter of Brabantio, who is a senator of Venice. Othello was a moor, that mean that he is black and barbarian and citizens of Venice never accepted him as one of them. Othello’s and Desdemona's marriage was very controversial because of his race, however Othello’s friend Iago uses the opportunity to become a higher rank soldier and tries everything to succeed. Iago is the

In Othello, by William Shakespeare, the characters Iago, Cassio, and Othello share a good bond between each other. They have been good friends for some time. Othello, being sdeen as the hero and Iago as the villain. Iago is a two face person. He manipulates Othello into thinking that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. Throughout Shakespeare's entire play, Othello, goes through emotions of love, jealousy and betrayal which changes him in the end of the play. The naive actions and belief lay

Othello is set in Italy during the renaissance, and was written by William Shakespeare as a work of tragic theater. The play is named for the general, Othello, a Moor during an extremely racist time period, and also features his wife, Desdemona and his jealous ancient, Iago. By the end of the play, Iago brings Othello to mad jealousy and eventually murder over the supposed (and non-existent) “betrayal” of his wife. With consideration, however, an audience may understand that Othello is not at fault