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Character in Othello

For other uses, see Desdemona (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Desdemona () is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c.

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1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the Republic of Venice, Desdemona accompanies him.

There, her husband is manipulated by his ensignIago into believing she is an adulteress, and, in the last act, she is murdered by her estranged spouse.

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Role in Othello

In the play's first act, Desdemona has eloped with Othello, a Moor in the service of the Venetian Republic. Before the Duke of Venice, his councilmen, and her father, she proclaims her love for Othello and defends her choice.

Her father reluctantly accepts the union but warns Othello that she will someday deceive him. When Othello is sent to Cypru