Discuss the social context that influences Othello’s labelling of Desdemona as that “cunning whore of Venice”

In Othello many issues ar undertaken. According to the meter that the play was written, men hold all the power and women are considered to be of low intellect. Throughout the play Desdemona is a symbol of innocence and helplessness. At first she appears to be mature and quite perceptive of events around her. Iago frequently tells Othello that she is unfaithful. It seems that she refuses to accept what is happening and her views are impartial.She has a tendency to be appealing towards other peoples situations, like Cassio. This is what triggers Othellos jealousy when Iago pointed out they were speaking in privacy. She oftentimes pays attention to other peoples thoughts yet remains cynical if they differ to her own. She has a loyalty to her husband in all aspects of life, whether it is mental or physical.Othello shows us how a womans character, reputation and power can be keep in lined and distorted by men. The relationship between Desdemona and Othello is very peculiar, and woul d construct been considered even more so at the time at which Shakespeare was writing, it therefore stands out in the play, non least because it is a mixed-race marriage but also because at the drop dead of the play they appear to be on an equal standing, they have a mutual respect for one a nonher.We are presented with a very hefty image of women at the start of the play Desdemona has disobeyed her father and taken her chosen husband, although Desdemona does acknowledge that Othello is her Lord and that it is her duty to obey him. However, in that state, Desdemona does act as a dramatic device, bringing Othello into a domestic situation where he is inexperienced. This causes his obsession with Desdemona to grow because she has become his whole world Iago finds it easy to manipulate this situation because Othello is unfamiliar to life only in the domestic side.Although Desdemona was wise in trusting, her trust was often misplaced, for example Iago. As well as this regardless o f her intellect of what goes on around her in some cases, this was not enough to rise up in society, as women had no perspicacity in the time of the play. Although Shakespeare undertook many modern day ideas, he did not do this for a modern day society, as it would not have allowed so many events to occur, and it would not have been considered realistic by the public.When Othello dialog of wooing Desdemona he is portrayed as an eloquent storyteller and lover She gave me for my pain a world of sighs. It is through her relationship with Othello that his failure is shown not only by her spoilt opinion of him, he was previously an idol to her, but by the end of the play she has realised that men are not gods, but also by Othellos swift dismissal of her as a fair devil and a lewd minx after his view of her where he would deny her nothing has been destroyed by Iago.The dilapidation of Othello is marked by the destruction of their once close and trusting relationship, which Iago has convinced Othello that it is a foul disproportion. Desdemonas physical and vocal absence from the opening scenes speaks around womens place in the Venetian society. It is through Desdemonas absence that we are able to conjure up our own mental image of her based on what we have heard.