Gender in 'Othello'
- Created by: xelario
- Created on: 22-05-19 21:30
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- Gender in ??'Othello'??
- Conflict between men and women
- Donkor saw 'a lack of sympathy between genders'
- arguably, Desdemona shows constant loyalty and sympathy to her husband
- 'my lord'- patriarchal control
- Indeed, Emilia confides in D that 'a dozen' women are unfaithful if the reward is sufficient
- arguably, Desdemona shows constant loyalty and sympathy to her husband
- Emilia's proto-feminist speech (VMV) in Act 4, Scene 3: 'the ills we do, their ills instruct us so'
- She believes that men are at fault for all wrongdoing, as sexism causes women to sin
- Donkor saw 'a lack of sympathy between genders'
- Male allegiances
- Stesienko: Othello believes the military bond created by shared experience is more... credible than a matrimonial bond"
- Misogyny
- 'O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites!'
- male ownership of women- harmful institution of marriage
- Emilia's wisdom: 'I do think it is their husbands' faults if wives do fall'
- VMV cited a 'basic male insecurity about women's sexuality'
- 'O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites!'
- Masculinity
- Some critics see Cassio as pathetic for attempting to gain redemption via Desdemona
- Femininity
- Handkerchief as symbol of virginity/purity- ambiguous (Donkor)
- Conflict between men and women
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