ipl-logo

How Does Desdemona Demonstrate Honesty

298 Words2 Pages

Furthermore Desdemona exemplifies honesty in the way that no matter the situation she will end up being utmost honest and will not hold anything back. Desdemona throughout the entire play was always honest about only being true to the moor and no one else and had no reason to lie about it since she did not have an affair with Cassio. It can be shown how she is honest when she says, “ I am not merry but I do beguile the thing I am, by seeming otherwise” (2.1.1971). When she makes this statement she infers that she may not be perfect but why tries to stand up for any mistake she has made. Throughout the entire play Desdemona is always honest about being true to the moor and loving only him and is even honest about it not being easy to love this

Show More
Related

  • Trayvon Martin, Christopher Wallace And Tom Robinson

    734 Words  | 3 Pages

    Right in front of them-,”(Lee pg.235.) In similarity to Othello, Othello would not believe Desdemona when she claimed that she had not slept with Cassio, because of how brainwashed he was from Iago's lies and assumptions about her. “Therefore confess thee freely of thy sin, for to deny each article with oath cannot remove nor choke the strong conception that I do groan withal. Thou art to die.” (Shakespeare

    Read More

  • The Crucible Desdemona Character Traits

    524 Words  | 3 Pages

    Her bravery appears when Desdemona states, "I do perceive here a divided duty." (Act I, Scene 3) She says this to explain to Brabantio, her father, that although she maintains respect for him and what he has done for her, she has chosen a husband of her own choosing. Her father found many suitors for her, but she still chooses to elope. In Venetian society, women are pressured to be obedient, which is why Desdemona's expressing her feelings of love and betrayal to her father is extremely rare.

    Read More

  • Desdemona's Insecurity In Othello

    1111 Words  | 5 Pages

    Shakespeare’s Othello, an early 17th century play, is a widely renowned work that is still studied in a psychological aspect worldwide today. The eponym of the play had ambivalent feelings for Desdemona, his wife, that were prevalent in the sense that he’d gone to extreme lengths, such as; abusing her, mistreating her, and ultimately murdering her. This was all due to his inner conflict of his love, yet intense hatred for Desdemona. All of his unsureness about Desdemona, though, was due to his true flaw- insecurity in himself. He had internal feuds about whether he, a black man in 16th century Venice, was a satisfactory husband for a noble white woman.

    Read More

  • Desdemona's Reputation In Othello

    558 Words  | 3 Pages

    Nobody believed a woman as pure as Desdemona could possibly love a Moor. Certainly Othello cast black magic to ensure she would fall in love with him. Brabantio, Roderigo, and Iago threw around these accusations which Desdemona quickly shut down. Many characters admired her and accepted her as Othello’s wife.

    Read More

  • The Seesaw Of Yin And Yang In Othello

    1455 Words  | 6 Pages

    [Cassio]’’(II.i.213-214). At first, Roderigo believes it is false and says: ‘’ She’s full of most blessed condition. ’’ (II.i.242-243). He defends Desdemona because he knows she would never do that to her husband and she is a loyal wife.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Masculinity In Othello

    1660 Words  | 7 Pages

    All that he believes himself to be is his career and the love of his wife, but without her love, he cannot be himself, he cannot be a man. It is not the fact that Desdemona cheated, rather it is his knowledge about it that affects him. He states that he would have been happy if had never known about any affair, even if it had been with “the general camp, Pioneers and all.” (3.3.363) His use of military imagery creates a crutch preventing him from seeing life outside his occupation.

    Read More

  • Iago's Impulsiveness In Othello

    921 Words  | 4 Pages

    According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, impulsivity can be defined as acting or responding to an event without forethought. In the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare, the protagonist, Othello, is a tragic hero who struggles to balance his power as Venetian general with his personal life. His ancient, Iago, the antagonist of the play, is angered because Othello did not choose him to be lieutenant. Iago attempts to stage an affair between Cassio, the lieutenant, and Desdemona, Othello’s wife. Iago’s manipulations expose many of Othello’s character flaws and leads to his suicide.

    Read More

  • Leonato's Deception

    620 Words  | 3 Pages

    The main source of deception in this play is from Iago, Othello’s longtime ensign. Seething with anger he states towards the beginning of the play “I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason” (1.3). Throughout the course of the play, Iago is smart enough that he does not allow his rage to get the upper hand, instead, he waits for the right timing. He is so careful in his approach that he is able to deceive Othello so that he thinks that Desdemona is deceiving him. This pushes Othello to have no suspect towards Iago.

    Read More

  • Theme Of Trust In Othello

    1452 Words  | 6 Pages

    Desdemona is a white, Venetian debutante that chooses to marry a black man, a Moor, over the wishes of her father. At the beginning of the play, merely six hours after being married, Desdemona’s father attempts to stop her from accompanying Othello on military duty. He relents when Desdemona pledges her allegiance to Othello by telling her father, “But here’s my husband, And so much duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my Lord”

    Read More

  • Comparing Love In The Great Gatsby And Othello

    1316 Words  | 6 Pages

    Iago is planting the seeds for Othello’s relationship with Desdemona to crumble by putting images into Othello’s head about women and generalizing all women saying that they all act upon their temptations with no remorse. In these lines said by Othello, he is showing how someone’s deceit (having to do with his love for his wife) can really go as far as to make him criticize a whole entire gender based on one idea that his Desdemona has been unfaithful—and he does not even have proof that this accusation is true. Secondly, Iago successfully alters Othello’s pure and true love for Desdemona so much that his once fulfilling

    Read More

  • Desdemona's 'Sacrifice In Othello'

    494 Words  | 2 Pages

    Primary Drama Posting: Act V, Scene ii Othello makes a careful distinction between “a murder” and “a sacrifice” (65). What is the difference, as he sees it? Othello starts the scene thinking Desdemona’s death will be an honorable “sacrifice”(V.ii.65), but her denial of guilt “dost stone [his] heart, ”(V.ii.63), and vilifies his murderous intent.

    Read More

  • Feminist Point Of View In Shakespeare's Othello

    1031 Words  | 5 Pages

    The way these women act and conduct themselves is unquestionably related to the ideological expectations of Elizabethan and patriarchal society. Desdemona, Othello 's wife and Brabantio 's daughter, is represented as the ideal woman. So she would never be disloyal to her husband. On many occasions, Desdemona obeys her husband firmly and calls herself obedient even after Othello hits her. She was loving and loyal to Othello and wishes a long marriage of prosperity and commitment that would lead to her ultimate happiness.

    Read More

  • Example Of Mistrust In Othello

    773 Words  | 4 Pages

    Even a father thinks women act one way and are not what they seem. Then Brabantio, still enraged about the new marriage, continues to say, “Keep an eye on her, Moor. She lied to me, and she may lie to you”(1.3.5-6). This shows that Brabantio believes that Desdemona will continue to be deceiving. He suggests that women have to earn their trust and that they do not deserve trust from their significant others.

    Read More

  • Female Sexuality In Othello

    966 Words  | 4 Pages

    The repetition of the word ‘lust’, combined with the sexual associations of Desdemona’s bed, reflects and draws attention to Othello’s preoccupation with sensual matters. Othello even refers to his precious wife as ‘whore’ (III.iii.356), a ‘subtle whore’ (III.ii.20) and a ‘cunning whore’ (IV.ii.88), in a way to appreciate him. Shakespeare actually has indirectly revealed Othello’s fear of Desdemona’s sexuality. Even though Othello seems to be very confident in him and his control over Desdemona, he is actually tentative and afraid that Desdemona will cheat on him, proving his

    Read More

  • New Historicism In Othello

    1636 Words  | 7 Pages

    In Othello, Othello and Desdemona are both characters that are struggling with their identities. In the beginning of the play we find Othello as a respectful man that is successful, but then we get Iago that manipulates him to make him seem as the bad guy. We also find Desdemona that turns against her father and the Elizabethan society to marry Othello, but we also find that she is respectful and obedient to Othello.

    Read More

More about How Does Desdemona Demonstrate Honesty

Open Document