Desdemona
Hometown: Venice, Italy
Sex: Female
Interested in: Men
Friends and Family:
-Father and Mother (Venetian Royalty)
-Husband is Othello, general of the army
Career: Housewife
Values: Innocence is key
Sex: Female
Interested in: Men
Friends and Family:
-Father and Mother (Venetian Royalty)
-Husband is Othello, general of the army
Career: Housewife
Values: Innocence is key
Themes:
Love: Love is all about being loyal no matter what the other person does to you. "I do perceive here a divided duty to my husband and father."
Racism: Desdemona does not really show any racism. After all, she fell for and married a black man in a time where that was sort of taboo. "That I did love the Moor to live ... with him,"
Jealousy: Me and my husband are mature enough not to be jealous. "my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness
As jealous creatures are,"
Appearance vs. reality: I feel as though I have failed my husband, even if he has treated me badly, I feel as though it is my fault. "Beshrew me much, Emilia, I was, unhandsome warrior as I am, arraigning his unkindnesswith my soul; but now I findI had suborn'd the witness, and he's indicated falsely".
Reputation: I am the mark of true and honorable love; a special bond netween two people. "That handkerchief which I so lov'd and gave thee" "As nothing else could match".
Perceptions of women: Women are complex creatures as we are in constabt conflict with different roles. Later on, I realize that we are not perfect and can be imperfect at times. We also are humans, just like men. "Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, Yet we have some revenge. Let husbands know their wives have sense like them: they see and smell and have palates for both sweet and sour."
Love: Love is all about being loyal no matter what the other person does to you. "I do perceive here a divided duty to my husband and father."
Racism: Desdemona does not really show any racism. After all, she fell for and married a black man in a time where that was sort of taboo. "That I did love the Moor to live ... with him,"
Jealousy: Me and my husband are mature enough not to be jealous. "my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness
As jealous creatures are,"
Appearance vs. reality: I feel as though I have failed my husband, even if he has treated me badly, I feel as though it is my fault. "Beshrew me much, Emilia, I was, unhandsome warrior as I am, arraigning his unkindnesswith my soul; but now I findI had suborn'd the witness, and he's indicated falsely".
Reputation: I am the mark of true and honorable love; a special bond netween two people. "That handkerchief which I so lov'd and gave thee" "As nothing else could match".
Perceptions of women: Women are complex creatures as we are in constabt conflict with different roles. Later on, I realize that we are not perfect and can be imperfect at times. We also are humans, just like men. "Why, we have galls, and though we have some grace, Yet we have some revenge. Let husbands know their wives have sense like them: they see and smell and have palates for both sweet and sour."
