How Is Desdemona Honest
1 like8 views
Desdemona is an honest character who speaks her mind freely. She is a loyal wife to Othello no matter what challenges they face. While she may act differently around others like Emilia, she is truly honest in her words and actions, which sometimes have deeper meanings. Desdemona hides her true feelings at times, appearing happy while actually feeling sad or worried about Othello's safety. She is portrayed as an innocent yet sensitive person whose character changes as Othello's attitude towards her changes.
How Is Desdemona Honest
- 1. How Is Desdemona Honest Desdemona is a really honest character in the story, basically she is not scared to speak her mind out. She is a loyal wife to Othello, her love never change towards Othello no matter what they went through. She may have changed when she was with Othello then when she was with Emilia or other characters in the story. All she did was to be honest, but if you pay close attention to her character she has a whole different story behind her eyes. She may have never said stuff that showed the real way she felt but what she said had a deeper meaning to it. Some characters in the story don't show who they really are but we can by seeing their actions and what they say. Desdemona's character in Othello, was that she was a loyal wife to him, she tried to show him that she really meant the word loyal. You can tell she was a very caring person because she tried to help anybody no matter what. For example she tried to help Cassio get his position back and she said "And if I promise to help someone, I do everything I can" (Shakespeare 129). At the beginning of the story she did a very clever thing she didn't follow her dads rule because she was in love, but towards the end she is slowly getting weaker with the attitude of Othello. Desdemona is a really innocent character but not all...show more content... She felt like her character was changing with the way Othello's was changing all of a sudden. Desdemona seem like a strong person but really she is a really weak, sensitive person. In the book she said "I'm not as happy as I seem. I'm just trying not to show how worried I am about Othello's safety" (Shakespeare 73). This sentence shows a lot about Desdemona she is the type of person that doesn't show the way she feels through her face expressions. She basically hides her feelings, you could actually see her as a happy person but actually she could be sad or dying inside but you just can't see Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 2. Othello and Desdemona Essay In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello and Desdemona's marriage was doomed from the start. They did not start well; their marriage was controversial because of their race and Othello's failure to follow proper etiquette while he was courting her. However these issues could have been overcome with time. The biggest problem is Othello's attitude to Desdemona. Othello's model of Desdemona prevents him from considering her a person. He thinks of her instead as superior to himself in every way, to the point that she is a god. Her race, beauty, and status make her godly in his mind. She becomes untouchable in Othello's mind, and he begins to distance himself from her. Because Othello thinks of Desdemona as "Alabaster"(5.2.5) he will never consider...show more content... During this he paints a picture of Desdemona, and one of the critical words is alabaster. Therefore when he describes Desdemona as "Alabaster", we can be sure it is his inner picture of her. Alabaster's beauty gives you an idea about his feelings of bodily inferiority to her. Alabaster is a naturally beautiful stone, used by ancient Egyptians and Chinese to make statues and vases. This word choice explains to the reader his feelings of inadequacy to Desdemona. At another time, he describes her as "fair as Dian's visage"(3.3.389), Dian most likely being the god of healing in Celtic mythology. This gives the impression of a healthy glow surrounding her. Othello on the other hand is never said to be ugly, on the contrary, he is described as "far more fair than black"(1.3.291). However he must have felt some sensitivity about his physical appearance as it was mentioned to him constantly. Othello then goes on to describe her honor as "begrimed and black as mine own face"(3.3.390). Othello superimposes her clean and young white face with his own grimy old black face, making him seem a disgusting person. Othello's choice of this simile shows his supposed racial inferiority. The fact that Othello believed Desdemona to be unfaithful with Cassio further proves his insecurity. Cassio is a clean white man with golden hair. Cassio is all of the beauty that Othello cannot be, and is therefore able to provide something that Get more content on HelpWriting.net