Although there are only three female characters that play parts in Othello by William Shakespeare, each female characters are: Desdemona, who is married to Othello and she can be very soft-spoken yet she can also be obedient, then there is Emilia who is witty yet very intelligent and is married to Iago, and finally, there is Bianca, but she is only a accompanied by Cassio, there are many critical lenses to view Othello. Feminist criticism is one of the lenses that William Shakespeare uses in Othello, that provides modern society.
One way of seeing modern society in Othello is by women not being able to do things without consent of their parents or their husband. In act one, scene one Roderigo and Iago are spying