the role of women in "othello"

In ‘Othello’, women seem to be portrayed as inferior to men in almost every way, and throughout the play there are several instances of misogyny and female abuse. There are three main female characters in the play-Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca. I am going to look at their roles within the play to find out what role women play in ‘Othello’.
Desdemona is the main female character within the play, and the most important. We first hear about her in the first scene, where we find out that she has run away with Othello and married him, against her father’s wishes. This straight away shows us something about Desdemona. She is very stubborn, with a clear idea of what she wants. Because she has not had her father’s blessing with her marriage, she will get no support from him, so if things go wrong, she is out on her own. He will probably disown her. She would have to be stubborn to have gone through with the marriage knowing what Brabantio would do when he found out. She would ...