Desdemona character

Question 1

Desdemona as virtuous 
"Th'essential vesture of creation" Cassio
Act 2 Scene 1
"She is indeed perfection" Cassio
Act 2 Scene 3
 ‘A maiden never bold’ Brabantio 
Act 1 Scene 3

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Question 2

Desdemona as a good wife
“As Fruitful/as the free elements” Iago
Act 2 Scene 1

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Question 3

Desdemona as a good wife

“My noble Moor Is true of mind, and […] no such […]as jealous creatures are.” Desdemona
Act 3 Scene 4

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Question 4

Desdemona standing up for what she believes in
 "I have not deserved this."
 Act 4 Scene 1
"Beshrew me if I would do such a wrong
For the whole world"
Act 4 Scene 3

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Question 5

Desdemona as a strong woman
“let me go with him.”
Act 1 Scene 3

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Question 6

Desdemona as weak
“My noble father, I do perceive a divided duty”
Act 1 Scene 3

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Question 7

Desdemona as a tragic character
“My Dear Othello!” Act 2 Scene 1

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“Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord”
Act 5 Scene 2

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Question 8

Desdemona as innocent
“Yet I’ll not shed her blood/ Nor scar that whiter skin…” Othello
Act 5 Scene 2

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