When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Soon after their elopement, envious Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him. Othello becomes enraged cursing Desdemona as a whore. ... However, her faith in Othello is so strong that it undermines her "modern", prideful characteristics. ... Emilia and her husband Iago have a much different relationship than Desdemona and Othello (at least until Othello becomes suspicious of Desdemona). ...

• Word Count: 655
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The play Othello deals with many themes that fall onto a skeletal system of social fame work, which can be represented by the role of the women of the play. ... Desdemona, Othello's wife, is a young woman of the upper class in Venice. ... It seems that in this time period she should be submissive to her husband and allow him to do the thinking and the deciding, however she is not and she does what is in her own conscience, as we see when she helps Cassio and early on when she defies her father and later after Othello's violent outburst. Her over willingness to do good is what Iago ...

• Word Count: 666
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Othello as a dominant interpretation looks at the adverse actions of the Moor, Othello, caused by manipulation from Iago, who is able to act upon Othello's jealous and gullible flaws. ... However, once she marries Othello, she becomes devoted to him. ... She represents what Othello and Iago come to view all women to be. ... Othello is regarded and well respected in Venetian society, but only as a soldier. ... Black Othello loves Desdemona, whom he exalts as his "fair warrior". ...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Shakespeare wrote Othello, women had few rights and little power in society. ... Soon after their elopement, envious Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful to him. Othello becomes enraged cursing Desdemona as a whore. ... However, her faith in Othello is so strong that it undermines her "modern", prideful characteristics. ... Emilia and her husband Iago have a much different relationship than Desdemona and Othello (at least until Othello becomes suspicious of Desdemona). ...

• Word Count: 645
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Othello presents this with Othello himself and the conflict deals with his own wife. ... In Othello, Shakespeare writes his male character's to view women in a demeaning way. ... Desdemona does love Othello though, as she states here, "I saw Othello's visage in his mind, and to his honours and his viliant parts did I my soul and fortunes consecrate"(Othello Act III. sc.iii li. 250-252). ... In Othello, the woman is the cause of the man's downfall. ... I should venture purgatory for't"(Othello Act 4 Sc. 3 Li.77-79). ...

• Word Count: 976
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Othello the female characters of Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are each assigned these roles. ... Desdemona is loyal, loving and compassionate toward Othello; her actions as a submissive wife coincide with Victorian views of women. ... Othello tells her peremptorily "Get you to bed on th'instant" and Desdemona exclaims to Emilia "we must not now displease him." ... Othello's control over Desdemona emphasizes her role as an angel in the play. ... William Shakespeare examines the depiction of women as angels or whores in the play "Othello". ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the play it becomes apparent that Desdemona is truly and faithfully, in love with Othello. ... This goes to show the profound feelings that she had for Othello. These feelings would have been tested when Othello came to her room to "sacrifice- her. ... She is evidently defending and looking after Othello -even though he has just murdered her. ... Othello. ...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School