Desdemona's love for Othello is unconditional. Even when he hits her and calls her a whore, she still says she loves him. At the end, she says she killed herself rather than tell the truth and implicate Othello. Is Desdemona's overwhelming love admirable? Should we pity Desdemona rather than admiring her? What would your advice to Desdemona be?
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• I find to a certain degree that Desdemona’s love is admirable, but after a certain point I think that she is just plain stupid. I pity Desdemona for staying in a relationship, where her husband doesn’t even trust her. My advice to Desdemona would be getting a therapist and sit down with Othello to talk about their feelings.
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ReplyDeleteDesdemona's unconditional love is admirable she is a religious woman and that is what she is known by. Act 5 Scene 2 Othello asks Desdemona if she had prayed. Desdemona loves Othello even when he goes to kill her, she loves unconditionally just like Christ did. My advice to Desdemona is to not allow things surrounding her life bring her gentle spirit down.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona say she loves Othello. Throughout the book she tolerates "his stubbornness, his cheques, his frowns" but even still her love "doth so approve him" (Act 4, Scene 3). In my opinion this is admirable love and Desdemona should be respected for it. Where some may think it's too extreme of love I find it admirable because even though back then they may not have said till death do us part it was and is is still implied. My advice to Desdemona would be that even though things with Othello are rough, to stay strong in her faith and remember he is just having a difficult time.
ReplyDeleteI find Desdemona's love for Othello admirable simply because no matter how hard things get it never fades. When Othello puts his hands on Desdemona it is almost as if she knows that his actions are supported by unreliable information. Her strong religious beliefs almost seem to keep her pushing forward in her relationship which proves that she is a very faithful woman. She truly loves her husband and she proves it when she tells Emilia that she killed herself. Desdemona took marriage seriously and it reflects strongly in her character. My only advice to Desdemona would be to talk to her husband when she felt something wasn't right instead of trying to avoid confrontation. She knew he wasn't acting himself but because she loved him so much she didn't try to question him too much to avoid problems but if she would have she could have solved an even bigger problem that was to come.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona’s overwhelming love for Othello is extremely admirable. Desdemona’s faithfulness toward her husband is a trait that any person would long for in a partner. The play displays her as the definition of a true, innocent and honest person who should be an example to others. Desdemona doesn’t deserve pity, but respect; she never lied or cheated and is almost symbolic of an angel in the novel. In this case, my advice to Desdemona would’ve been to not commit suicide because she deserved to live a longer, happier life, knowing the kind of character she was.
ReplyDeleteI think it is admirable of Desdemona to not listen to the rumors and love Othello for who he is, but I feel that her choice to stay with Othello even after he beat her and called her names about being unfaithful, is not admirable, it is almost obsessive. My advice to Desdemona would have been to stay strong and ignore the small talk, but once the relationship got abusive to leave.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona’s overwhelming love is admirable in my eyes. She doesn’t back down from her love even when Othello ultimately kills her. Emilia asks her in Act 5 Scene 2, “Oh, who hath done this deed?” Desdemona replies, “Nobody; I myself. Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord. Oh, farewell!” Rather than ruining Othello’s reputation even more, she takes responsibility for her own death. Her action shows her immense love for Othello and proves that Desdemona will do just about anything for Othello. Desdemona thinks of Othello before herself and is far from being selfish. She takes marriage and love very seriously and to its full intent: “Till death do us part.” My advice to Desdemona would be that she should not always hurt herself in order to protect her husband. If she had confronted Othello earlier on, maybe she would have been able to protect herself and explain the truth.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona should be pitied. Desdemona loves her husband so much that she did not want to accuse him of her own death. Even in her death she is subservient to Othello. She changes her story right before she dies and says that she committed suicide. My advice to Desdemona would be to stand up for herself and escape the condemnation that Othello has cast upon her.
ReplyDeleteI think Desdemonas love is by far admiring. She is head over heels in love with othello, she puts up with the beatings and the harsh comments only because she is so in love. Anyone willing to do that has to have faithfull love. My advise for Desdemona would have been to do everything she could to get through to him that she loved him with all her might, to prove her faithfullness to him with no stopping, but when she cant do anymore to make him see then walk away.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona's strong love for Othello is very admirable. The fact that she dealt with everything he did to her- abusing her, calling her a whore, believing she cheated on him, ad even going to kill her- is almost unbelievable. It takes a strong woman to push through all of that pain and still love her husband unconditionally. I would have no advice to give Desdemona, because she is much stronger than I could ever imagine being. She could probably give a lot of us some advice though.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona's strong love for Othello is admirable to a certain degree. It is very admirable that she forgives him for hitting her and calling her a whore and that instead of getting angry for him for accusing her of cheating she stays with him. However, it is not either admirable or smart that she loves Othello so much that she allows him to kill her and then lies to protect him. The advice I would give to Desdemona is that she should have been more aggressive in convincing Othello that she was innocent, and if he still didn't believe her she should have left. It was not smart to stay with him after she sensed she was in danger.
ReplyDeleteDesdemona’s love is admirable to an extent. I admire that she would do anything for Othello and she trusts him no matter what, but I feel that a woman should never let herself be beat or called a “whore” by her husband (Act 3 scene 4). I pity Desdemona because she won’t leave Othello. I know she loves him, but the fact that he won’t believe her over someone not as close to him frustrates me and it should have frustrated her. I also find it pitiful that in the end Desdemona says she committed suicide rather than saying Othello killed her. My advice for Desdemona is that she should have walked away from Othello the very first time he struck her and that no matter how much you love someone, sometimes you have to do what’s best for yourself.
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