Many years ago, women were used betrayed by their husbands or just men in general. They had no say so in anything. Whatever the men told them to do to do they did or they paid the consequences, in which they were bad. In the play "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice," Shakespeare portrayed the women in a couple of different ways. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca were all portrayed as whores. Othello, Desdemona's husband of another race, didn't believe the fact that she didn't cheat on him with Cassio. An example of Othello portraying Desdemona as a whore is when he says, " That handkerchief which I so loved and gave thee thou gav'st to Cassio." In Desdemona's defense she says, " No, by my life and my soul! Send for the man and ask him." (Page 879) Othello blames Desdemona for giving Cassio a handkerchief, which was the first gift Othello gave her. Desdemona tries to explain to Othello tha....

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