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- Young Venetian women
- Duality: passive and assertive
- Loyal
- Tragic victim
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- To be used by Iago to further his plot an the story line as a whole.
- Show the treatment of women and challenge the expectations of society.
- She is a foil to Iago, she has pure intentions, shown as trust worthy (but isn't trusted) and treats her partner with love & respect, Iago instigates hatred, shown as untrustworthy (but is trusted) and openly hates his partner.
- Microcosm of a misogynistic society.
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- Rather than grow she becomes weaker as a character, accepting her impending death.
- Independence shifts to obedience, no longer standing up for herself like she did to her father during the first act.
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- "I am hitherto your daughter. But here's my husband" A1 S3 L183
- "I am obedient" A3 S3 L89
- Constant referral to Othello as "My Lord"
- Marilyn French: "Desdemona accepts her culture's dictum that she must be obedient to males" "is self denying in the extreme when she dies"
- Liz Lewis: "her identity disappears as Othello's jealousy becomes more defined." "Desdemona thus retreats into childlike behavior to escape from reality"
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