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Analyse how far Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca challenge the expectations of the male characters in the play and those of the audience In the play "Othello" the female characters are viewed by three different sets of people: the male characters, the Elizabethan audience and the modern day audience. The two male characters in the play-Cassio and Iago-have drastically different views on the female characters in the play. Cassio in act two scene one is shown describing Desdemona to Montano as an outstandingly beautiful woman and when Desdemona arrives he extravagantly says that all must kneel before her. "The divine Desdemona" "You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees." He then proceeds to Emilia, Iago's wife, where he shows extended courtesy by kissing Emilia. The play does not say where he had kissed her but simply that he did. Cassio has his own mistress Bianca, but he is quite crude to her. He demands things from...

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