Line 241-2 - Contrast Desdemona is portrayed as the perfect wife by everyone in Venice hence there is a contrast of views on Desdemona, as Roderigo describes Desdemona as "full of most [innocent] condition" and the views on Desdemona from Othello who sees her as a strumpet, unfaithful and disobedient, just as Brabantio warned Othello of. ...

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Although Othello is a cultural and racial outsider in Venice, his skill as a soldier and leader is nevertheless valuable and necessary to the state, and he is an integral part of Venetian civic society. ...

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In the play "Othello," Shakespeare presents us with another male dominated society where women are inferior. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are rejected by their partners, but love them completely and unselfishly. All three women are in unbalanced relationships, feeling more for their self-centered m...

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