A Comparison of the Three Female Characters in Shakespeare's Othello

A Comparison of the Three Female Characters in Shakespeare's Othello Othello, The Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare, is one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedies. In the play, the many types of jealousy are explored through love hate and deceit. There are three main female characters, in Shakespeare's Othello. Each of these women, Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca, has a distinct symbolic role in the play. Desdemona is Othello's loving and dutiful wife. She symbolizes …

…Desdemona, she is killed because of her unfaithfulness to her husband. She defied her husband by telling everyone the truth about his involvement in the death of Desdemona. She remained strong, standing up to Iago knowing that there would be consequences of disobeying him. Bianca's sinful and ignorant nature leads others to believe that she is the one to blame for stabbing Cassio, the one that she loves, and is arrested, wrongfully, for doing so.