Desdemona's Profile:
Hometown: Venice, Italy
Sex: Female
Interested in: Othello
Sex: Female
Interested in: Othello
Friends and Family: Barbantio (father); Emilia (personal attendant); Rodgrigo (jealous suitor); Ladovico (kingsman)
About me: Aristocrat daughter or Barbantio, a senator of Venice; innocent and beautiful; socialite; virgin wife of Othello; kind, loving, and thoughtful; dedicated wife.
Desdemona has a strong and enduring love for Othello. Her behavior as his wife is beyond reproach. She is a dedicated and faithful wife.
Quote from Act I Scene 3 Page 8:
"My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and education both do learn me how to respect you. You are the lord of duty. I am hitherto your daughter. 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."
Desdemona is respectful towards her father and devoted to her family. After she marries Othello, she is loyal to him.
She is completely free from racial prejudice, in contrast with Iago’s and Roderigo’s insulting nastiness, and the Venetian lords’ less conscious bias against the Moor.
Even though she is inexperienced and naive, she is not a jealous person. However, she has a tendency to make others around her feel insecure and jealous, especially men.
Desdemona surrounds herself in a blinding cloud of whimsical desire for adventure and ideological duty. Ideas, rather than actuality, guide her actions and her words. She is persistent in doing what's right, so according to the standards of the time period and the society in which she lived, she was an honorable person.
She has a persistently generous spirit. Not only does she wish to help her friends, she is also willing to ask forgiveness for her enemies. She is a lovely, intelligent, wholesome and pious person, with a pleasant personality. Desdemona's reputation was impeccable until Iago managed to taint it with false accusations.
In a broad sense, Desdemona is a representation of the good and noble in human nature, counterpointing Iago’s wickedness.
Quote from Act I Scene 3 Page 8:
"My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and education both do learn me how to respect you. You are the lord of duty. I am hitherto your daughter. 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."
Desdemona is respectful towards her father and devoted to her family. After she marries Othello, she is loyal to him.
She is completely free from racial prejudice, in contrast with Iago’s and Roderigo’s insulting nastiness, and the Venetian lords’ less conscious bias against the Moor.
Even though she is inexperienced and naive, she is not a jealous person. However, she has a tendency to make others around her feel insecure and jealous, especially men.
Desdemona surrounds herself in a blinding cloud of whimsical desire for adventure and ideological duty. Ideas, rather than actuality, guide her actions and her words. She is persistent in doing what's right, so according to the standards of the time period and the society in which she lived, she was an honorable person.
She has a persistently generous spirit. Not only does she wish to help her friends, she is also willing to ask forgiveness for her enemies. She is a lovely, intelligent, wholesome and pious person, with a pleasant personality. Desdemona's reputation was impeccable until Iago managed to taint it with false accusations.
In a broad sense, Desdemona is a representation of the good and noble in human nature, counterpointing Iago’s wickedness.