Hamlet Agamemnon And Othello

In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf explains how “Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.” Hamlet, Agamemnon and Othello present the male characters Hamlet, Agamemnon and Othello who ascribe characteristics to three women based on the relationships these women have with their husbands, not based on who the women really are. Hamlet, Agamemnon and Othello are unable to distinguish the reality of the three women, and the women are judged based on their relationships to their husbands. The women aren’t evaluated according to the reality of who they really are, what their motives are, and what they desire. Essentially, these men look at these …show more content…
He allowed himself to be tricked by Iago, and his inability to differentiate lies regarding Desdemona and Desdemona’s true actions causes him to think the worst of her. Desdemona is painted in a bad light due to the actions of the men around her. Desdemona is seen by Othello as a whore and unfaithful person due to words and accusations against her, none of which reflected her true character. The men in her life are allowed to dictate her character because people will believe what is said about her based on who they find most influential, and that would be everyone except Desdemona. Desdemona is just seen as a mere housewife, and not only that, but the housewife to a moor that she wasn't married to contrary to the will of her father. Anything that Desdemona would want to say would be blocked out because of the men in her life; the fact that one doesn’t approve of her actions and another doesn’t think that she is faithful, so Desdemona never stood a chance to actually be seen as her own person. Women in that time were already not respected and Desdemona lost everything by “disrespecting” the only people who could possibly vouch for