Treatment Of Women In Othello Essay
“Domestic tragedies” (Vanita para 1) are events that can be explained as private and that usually involved familial relationships and are intended to show justice through punishment. Many of these justices involve women who are killed, beaten or tortured because of being accused of unfaithfulness or adultery. In the play Othello, the main cause of Desdemona and Emilia’s death was the failure of forgiving hatred and disapproval and due to the position of the role women play in a relationship or marriage. Many view Othello’s jealous actions as stereotypical manly and alpha male, which was supported by the actions of Othello when he was blinded by jealousy and said that the wife was the possession of the husband in a marriage. Critics explain that Othello’s actions
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She asked Iago to tell her what was wrong with Othello and why he seemed to be angry at her. She asked him to plead with Othello on her behalf and ask for forgiveness. Iago told her to act normal and explained that Othello was probably upset because of political affairs. She then tried to make allies with Lodovica, who was her cousin from her home city. Othello became outraged when he heard her talk about Cassio that he slapped Desdemona. Lodovica could not believe his eyes when he saw the maltreatment of Desdemona but does not say anything and tried to distance himself from Othello and Desdemona, hoping to make himself a bystander. Lodovica became a bystander because “the presumption that husband and wife, even when literally in a public space, metaphorically inhabit a private space” (Vanita para 19). There is a clear difference when Cassio hit Montano and all the other soldiers were freaking out and even went to Othello. It was seen as a public act and a crime that should be punished. Othello challenged the idea of whether or not outsiders should interfere in a domestic affair between husband and wife by dramatizing the deaths of two innocent
She asked Iago to tell her what was wrong with Othello and why he seemed to be angry at her. She asked him to plead with Othello on her behalf and ask for forgiveness. Iago told her to act normal and explained that Othello was probably upset because of political affairs. She then tried to make allies with Lodovica, who was her cousin from her home city. Othello became outraged when he heard her talk about Cassio that he slapped Desdemona. Lodovica could not believe his eyes when he saw the maltreatment of Desdemona but does not say anything and tried to distance himself from Othello and Desdemona, hoping to make himself a bystander. Lodovica became a bystander because “the presumption that husband and wife, even when literally in a public space, metaphorically inhabit a private space” (Vanita para 19). There is a clear difference when Cassio hit Montano and all the other soldiers were freaking out and even went to Othello. It was seen as a public act and a crime that should be punished. Othello challenged the idea of whether or not outsiders should interfere in a domestic affair between husband and wife by dramatizing the deaths of two innocent