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Shakespeare's Othello: Tragedy Of The Moor Of Venice

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Hardships of Women in a Relationship Most people encounter relationships that’s either successful or difficult to one another. One’s relationship varies depending on one’s actions to its partner. However, some relationships could cause severe damage to one’s life or its mentality. In Othello: Tragedy of the Moor of Venice, Othello was convinced that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair. He abuses Desdemona and treats her brutally continuously calling her a “strumpet”. Desdemona was puzzled and she tries to consult with him yet he refuses to listen and explodes out of rage. Their quarrel relationship demonstrates the current events of abuse as Desdemona is treated as Othello’s possession. It indicates how women were treated poorly in a relationship and how it affected their lives. …show more content…

Women were controlled by their husbands and had to manage the household. They were in position for,”... more sharply defined in upper-class society than in peasant society” (encyclopedia.com). Women in the renaissance care for their virginity in order to be accepted to their spouse and honor for in the family. Once a woman loses their virginity, they are no longer inheritance to the family and shall be punished for it. Women were very cautious since in the renaissance they are victims of rape. They have taken much responsibility to take over the farms, finance, and nursing. Yet, men had more educational advantages and were to regulate and control the women since women have to maintain the households. Overtime the problems and struggles between the men and the women still occur in the

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