Desdemona analysis
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- Created on: 12-02-19 10:55
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- Desdemona
- 'I have not deserved this' - when Othello 'strikes' her
- Showing she isn't stereotypically weak and submissive
- Trying to gain authority - subverting stereotypical expectations
- Begins the play as a supremely independent person, but midway through she must struggle against all odds to convince Othello that she is not too independent
- 'I have not deserved this' - when Othello 'strikes' her
- Young, sexual and recently married
- Yet a submissive character - blames herself for her death
- 'Nobody, I myself'
- Desdemona
- 'I have not deserved this' - when Othello 'strikes' her
- Showing she isn't stereotypically weak and submissive
- Trying to gain authority - subverting stereotypical expectations
- Begins the play as a supremely independent person, but midway through she must struggle against all odds to convince Othello that she is not too independent
- 'I have not deserved this' - when Othello 'strikes' her
- Her age can be her downfall due to her lack of knowledge about the real world - resulting in her being so naive
- By marrying Othello, Desdemona was showing that she was strong enough and educated enough to break the societal confines of passivity for women.
- Yet a submissive character - blames herself for her death
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