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William Shakespeare is famous for his tragic female characters. He had a way of making them stand out from the rest of the characters simply because they were women in a predominantly male cast. Throughout Othello, we come to learn about Desdemona’s character, her strengths, and especially her faults and weaknesses. When we first meet Desdemona in Act I, she has just eloped with Othello. We come to see that although she realizes the …

…to what life is really like. Even in death Desdemona puts the blame on herself. This could either show how strong she is in her faithfulness to her husband, or quite possibly her weakness is her inability to believe anything bad against him. Shakespeare did a superb job in creating such a complex character, that there are many different views as to whether she is truly strong or that her weakness is misinterpreted as strength.