Othello's Strumpet

Works Cited 1. Kermode, Frank. Othello, the Moore of Venice. The Riverside Shakespeare.

        Johnson, Dean Ed. Boston: Hougton Mifflin, 1997. 1246-1250.

2. Shakespeare, William. Literature, Structure, Sound and Sense. Othello. Perrine,         Laurence Ed. Fifth ed. San Diego: Harcourt energize Jovanovich, 1988. 1063-1147.

Othellos Strumpet         ...Desdemona appears to Othello a super subtle Venetian (Kermode,1249).

Subtle, because he was first captured by her beauty and what he thought to be honesty.

Before Iago came along, Othello was most confident in his wives truthfulness. Iagos scheming shipway soon persuaded Othello to believe that Desdemona was cheating on him.

After he decided to believe what his lieutenant, Iago said, he became stubbornly set on those judgments and never even told Desdemona what was going on. He was all of a sudden angry with her and calling her a whore. She could not agree herself, because she had no idea what had led her husband to believe that she was universe unfaithful to him. I completely disagree with Othellos thoughts rough Desdemona and the idea that Desedmona was a subtle venetian.

        When Othello said to Desdemona, What, not a whore? She Replied, No, as I shall be saved (Shakespeare, IV. ii. 86-87). This arguing was undoubtedly the truth, but Othello was so captivated with what Iago had been weighty him that he didnt think to believe her.



She said to him, No, as I am Christian, if to preserve this vessel for my lord from any other wrong touch, be not to be a strumpet, I am none (Shakespeare, IV. ii.

80-84). Desdemona didnt have any idea what Iago had been telling Othello about her and Cassio. She had no way of defending herself. Othello didnt even bother telling her what had made his suspicions surface. The only thing she could do, was to deny it when Othello labeled her a whore.

        Desdemona, was most distressed when she...

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