Desdemona is presented by Shakespeare in a somewhat contradictory fashion. Although she is "half the wooer", she is victimised by almost all of the male characters. Her own father Brabantio rejects her "I'd rather adopt a child than get it " Roderigo's lust for Desdemona is evident in the lines "It is silliness to live, when to live is torment " Iago merely sees Desdemona as an object, using her to gain revenge against Othello. Her own
Desdemona is presented by Shakespeare in a somewhat contradictory fashion. Although she is "half the wooer", she is victimised by almost all of the male characters. Her own father Brabantio rejects her "I'd rather adopt a child than get it " Roderigo's lust for Desdemona is evident in the lines "It is silliness to live, when to live is torment " Iago merely sees Desdemona as an object, using her to gain revenge against Othello. Her own