1. How Is Desdemona Honest
Desdemona is a really honest character in the story, basically she is not scared to speak her mind out. She is a loyal wife to Othello, her love never
change towards Othello no matter what they went through. She may have changed when she was with Othello then when she was with Emilia or
other characters in the story. All she did was to be honest, but if you pay close attention to her character she has a whole different story behind her
eyes. She may have never said stuff that showed the real way she felt but what she said had a deeper meaning to it. Some characters in the story don't
show who they really are but we can by seeing their actions and what they say.
Desdemona's character in Othello, was that she was a loyal wife to him, she tried to show him that she really meant the word loyal. You can tell
she was a very caring person because she tried to help anybody no matter what. For example she tried to help Cassio get his position back and she said
"And if I promise to help someone, I do everything I can" (Shakespeare 129). At the beginning of the story she did a very clever thing she didn't follow
her dads rule because she was in love, but towards the end she is slowly getting weaker with the attitude of Othello. Desdemona is a really innocent
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She felt like her character was changing with the way Othello's was changing all of a sudden. Desdemona seem like a strong person but really she
is a really weak, sensitive person. In the book she said "I'm not as happy as I seem. I'm just trying not to show how worried I am about Othello's
safety" (Shakespeare 73). This sentence shows a lot about Desdemona she is the type of person that doesn't show the way she feels through her face
expressions. She basically hides her feelings, you could actually see her as a happy person but actually she could be sad or dying inside but you just
can't see
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2. Othello and Desdemona Essay
In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello and Desdemona's marriage was doomed from the start. They did not start well; their marriage was controversial
because of their race and Othello's failure to follow proper etiquette while he was courting her. However these issues could have been overcome with
time. The biggest problem is Othello's attitude to Desdemona. Othello's model of Desdemona prevents him from considering her a person. He thinks
of her instead as superior to himself in every way, to the point that she is a god. Her race, beauty, and status make her godly in his mind. She becomes
untouchable in Othello's mind, and he begins to distance himself from her. Because Othello thinks of Desdemona as "Alabaster"(5.2.5) he will never
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During this he paints a picture of Desdemona, and one of the critical words is alabaster. Therefore when he describes Desdemona as "Alabaster", we
can be sure it is his inner picture of her.
Alabaster's beauty gives you an idea about his feelings of bodily inferiority to her. Alabaster is a naturally beautiful stone, used by ancient
Egyptians and Chinese to make statues and vases. This word choice explains to the reader his feelings of inadequacy to Desdemona. At another
time, he describes her as "fair as Dian's visage"(3.3.389), Dian most likely being the god of healing in Celtic mythology. This gives the impression
of a healthy glow surrounding her. Othello on the other hand is never said to be ugly, on the contrary, he is described as "far more fair than
black"(1.3.291). However he must have felt some sensitivity about his physical appearance as it was mentioned to him constantly. Othello then goes
on to describe her honor as "begrimed and black as mine own face"(3.3.390). Othello superimposes her clean and young white face with his own
grimy old black face, making him seem a disgusting person. Othello's choice of this simile shows his supposed racial inferiority. The fact that Othello
believed Desdemona to be unfaithful with Cassio further proves his insecurity. Cassio is a clean white man with golden hair. Cassio is all of the
beauty that Othello cannot be, and is therefore able to provide something that
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