Shakespeare seems to write Desdemona as the ultimate victim throughout the play to allow the audience to pity her. W. H. Auden’s (1907–1973) opinion of Desdemona: “Everybody must pity Desdemona, but I cannot bring myself to like her,” is simply factual because as the wife of a Lord such as Othello, she should be intelligent enough to see through the lies of Iago to protect her marriage and her husband’s good name. While the woman is not easily likable because of her ignorance, she is meant to feel sorry for because Iago uses her in every portion of his scheme; similarly, Othello displays such horrific aggression that she is silenced each time she rejects the claims of her behavior. Therefore, the naive Desdemona was not given the possibility
