Desdemona is a beautiful, yet certainly jejune in her actions. The play starts off with Desdemona marrying the general of the Venetian army, Othello. Even though this may sound hackneyed, I felt as though Desdemona and Othello had a "Romeo and Juliet" type of love. Except instead of sneaking Othello down from the parapet of her bedroom at night, the entire city knew. Their interracial love was forbidden in the homogeneous Venice. It was as though Desdemona had transgressed a powerful social law.
Although Desdemona had eschewed having premarital sex, the question arises as to whether they ever consummated their marriage throughout the play. Different points in the play contradict each other, leading the answer to be ostensible.
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