Desdemona, on the other hand, is only heard talking naturally with other people. Yet, she too is developed through both the content and form of her speech. For example, Desdemona's conversations with Emilia, particularly at the end of the play (IV, iii), reveal aspects of her character as well as Emilia's character. Have students look at these and discuss what they reveal about each of the characters. ] When it was enacted upon the stage, Shakespeare's …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…killed for defending Bassianus' claim to her, the emperor chose a new queen, her father was accused of traitorously mocking the emperor, and she was accused of sexual promiscuity. Like a batterred and abused daytime soap-opera heroine she would still have been loved by her audience for being a specimen of silence and docility. Lavinia's situation and its para-doxical results, unlike Bianca's, show the damage to relationships that are caused by the assignation of women.