Shakespeare's Treatment Of Women In Othello

William Shakespeare’s Othello tells the story of the title character’s tragic end. However, there are many other pivotal roles in the story that contribute and reveal much about the other characters and even Shakespeare himself. In Othello, the audience is introduced to three women, Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca. All three are from different backgrounds and have different experiences with relationships, however, they all share one thing: they are all whores. At least that is what is conveyed throughout the tragedy. Despite the main female roles’ class, Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are all viewed as whores which in turn reveals Shakespeare’s views on women.
Bianca seems to receive most of the strumpet slander out of the three women. This