Desdemona critics

• Desdemna becomes a stereotype for female passivity - Lisa Jardine
• 'Accepts her culture's dictum that she must be obedient to males' and is 'self-denying in the extreme' when she dies - Marilyn French
• the soft simplicity of Desdemona - Samuel Johnson
• She is a prize - C. Phillips
• Desdemona's death is an example of silencing the rebellious female voice - Leonard Tennenhouse
• Desdemona becomes an outsider in the play as she is rejected by her husband and society for perceived actions - Ania Loomba