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Desdemona in Shakespeare's Play "Othello"

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:58:45
Length: 2 pages (586 words)
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Of all the characters presented in Shakespeare's "Othello" I want to discuss his portrayal of Desdemona who is the most beautiful figure in the play. I find Desdemona's character contradictive in some ways. She seems a very independent person in the beginning of the play but at the same time we see that she is described like somebody's property. From her first speech I can say that she is a very good daughter and highly …

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…like somebody else who is as beautiful as she is. We see that even though he is a very confident in himself he still has doubts and distrust to his wife. From all of these words I would make a conclusion that Shakespeare's character of Desdemona is a description of beautiful, fair, obedient, smart but very unaware of sneaky and jealous people woman. For me her character is a symbol of innocence and pure obedience.

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