https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj Review your summaries and questions from Act 1. What are 2 Critical Perspectives that are most prevalent thus far in the play? You need to paraphrase details from the play to support your answer. You also need to respond to at least 1 peers' response. Please put your name in parenthesis after each post. en-us 2021-05-03 14:59:55 UTC 2025-09-25 15:01:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486211958 Although Desdemona isnt falling into the typical stereotypes, She goes against what is expected of her and does and says what she wants. One example of this is when Desdemona is talking to her dad about being with Othello and she doesn't let him make decisions for her.     -Rhett ]]> 2021-05-03 16:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486211958 08041731 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486212107 Othello is a is refereed to as a "Moore" numerous times, Numerous racial stereotypes.

-Kevin]]> 2021-05-03 16:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486212107 0804210 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486218609 Desdemona does not fit in the current society standards for this time. She is an outlier. (Brady)
Othello is called a "moore" multiple times.]]> 2021-05-03 16:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486218609 0802710 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486219286 Desdemona is well educated and will stand by her beliefs and she married for love which was not normal at the time. (Jarrett)
During this time a women usually was used to make her parents have more status and power by marrying up. Also, they were to hold their thoughts and emotions in and not express themselves, whereas Desdemona explains to the court why she should go with the Moor on his travels and also why she fell in love and married him. (Jarrett)]]> 2021-05-03 16:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486219286 0804149 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486220916 Desdemona is well educated and is more rebellious than women generally were at the time.

-Kaleb]]> 2021-05-03 16:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486220916 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486221338 Desdemona is outside of your typical Women during the time period and has often gone against the norms expected from her especially by her father. 
There was also many exchanges Othello that for the time being were considered normal but would be highly frowned upon in today's society.  -Jacob]]> 2021-05-03 16:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486221338 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486222892 Though society is pressuring Desdemona to do something she makes her own decision showing an overcoming of oppression.
-Owen]]> 2021-05-03 16:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486222892 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486223606 Desdemona is not a typical female of the time. She is well educated, married for love, has her own beliefs and is different from most women. It is proven that she does what she wants because she is married to Othello.  
Othello is seen as different and the odd man out. he is also called "moore"

- Eliana
 


 ]]> 2021-05-03 16:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486223606 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486224056 Desdemona goes beyond what she is expected to do. She is very independent and speaks for herself. 
- erandy ]]> 2021-05-03 16:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486224056 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486238163 Desdemona stands up against her father and advocates for herself. 

Othello is seen as an outsider and is referred to as a “moor”.
-McKenzie

]]> 2021-05-03 16:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486238163 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486239036 The interactions between the other characters and Othello show that he is regarded as lesser. Several times it is said clearly to be because of his race.

Desdemona's agency is completley dependent on the men in her life allowing it (to a period-typical level), yet she expresses herself much more freely than others.
- Liana Osterman]]> 2021-05-03 16:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486239036 0806658 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486241912 Desdemona is a very direct woman, she knows what she wants and by this I mean she confronted her father over her love for Othello. 
She just (behaves) different from how one would expect a women from back then to be. 
- Gaby E.  ]]> 2021-05-03 16:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1486241912 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242011 Desdemona knows what she wants in her life, and she isn't like others, she is very head on and firsthand thinker also very educated.
- (Daniel)]]> 2021-05-03 20:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242011 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242031 Culturally we see how Othello is being discriminated against. This is heavily related to his ethnicity. He is called foul names and is often spoken of as less than a person.  We then also see how Desdemona's character is not typical of a woman of this time. She is much less dependent on a man and has defied her fathers wishes. But then we see how she is able to convince her father that they are in love, when typically ones father would have his mind made up. - Sean 

]]> 2021-05-03 20:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242031 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242667 Desdemona is willing to stand in a position which could lead to a serious situation. She states to her  father that she truly loves Othello and she even decides to join him in the battles. 

A sense of tension between race and a clear visual of classes upon each individual. 
-Fernando Feria]]> 2021-05-03 20:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487242667 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487243293 Desdemona is a very strong willed woman, standing up to her father in a time where women were seen as lesser

Othello is the only racially diverse person so far and is clearly treated as an outsider and called a "moor" which seems to be some kind of racial slur
-Conner H.]]> 2021-05-03 20:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487243293 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487246013 There are many times in the play where Othello makes exchanges which in that time was okay but in today's times would not be widely accepted. In addition, Desdemona is a woman who steps out the boundaries of a typical woman in that time period.  
-Logan]]> 2021-05-03 20:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487246013 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487250895 desdemona does what she needs to do for herself and is very independent, 
amerie.]]> 2021-05-03 20:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1487250895 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1491860574 Women literary theory started to rise in the 1960's. But before then females were not looked at the same way that male writers were looked at. Men believed that woman were less intellegent and that they were only created to clean, birth children, and cook. In the play that were are reading Desdemona proved to her dad that she can make her own choices. 

This play and many other plays were updated into other films that we understand. They aren't just updated once, they are constantly being changing and are being told in many different ways. 
-Citlali Perez]]> 2021-05-04 22:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1491860574 https://padlet.com/jkemano/p33kuvlc2lz864gj/wish/1494754685 Things Othello and other men in the play have done might have been accepted then but are not particularly okay now and this is feminist because Desdemona does stand up for herself and is a independent educated women .
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