Othello Feminist Analysis

Feminism in Othello
The women of Shakespeare's Othello continuously end up falling into various roles; the part of the fraud, the part of the victim, and the part of the hero. Within the patriarchy of Venetian society, the women served major purposes, sometimes being victimized and stereo-typed in its name. Though the play continues with a slightly negative motif, all is subconsciously resolved by the redeeming actions and words of one character. In the end, a play seemingly riddled with negativity and degradation becomes a work of art that illustrates and considers the courage and truth inside of a woman's heart.

Othello's marriage to Desdemona could be construed in a few ways; he married her for the sake of having a 'trophy wife', or