【正文】 t willing to give his woman freedom and equality. In this context, it is not hard to understand why Othello is so powerful in the family and why Desdemona is so submissive to the husband. The Influence of Patriarchy Patriarchy had a long history in human society. In Othello, Desdemona pursues her love bravely regardless of the objection from the family. Shakespeare seems to support humanism. But considering the tragical ending of Desdemona, we could get another pletely different conclusion. If we pare another female role in Shakespeare’s play with Desdemona, we could know the author’s contradictory attitude easily. 花娟. 2010.《論莎士比亞悲喜劇中女性觀的一致性》，文教資料，2010（08）In the play named The Merchant of Venice, Portia accepts his father’s arrangement and gets a happy family at last. According to feminism, Desdemona seems to be more likely to have a happy marriage because she chooses her husband by herself, but unfortunately, the tragedy finally happens to her. Why does Shakespeare give these brave and free heroines a tragic ending? From the parison between two famous characters, we could know Shakespeare’s attitude towards patriarchy: submit to it, you’ll be happy, or you’ll die. So the influence of patriarchy could be seen as another factor of womenbelittling. The Complex of Hero WorshipLike many other writers in the Middle Ages, Shakespeare had the plex of hero worship too 華全坤、洪增流、田朝緒著. 2007. 《莎士比亞新論——新世紀(jì)，新莎士比亞》.上海外語(yǔ)教育出版社. In his plays, he likes to characterize main female roles as hero. In order to present the fascination of the hero better, Shakespeare usually arranges a charming woman to loves the hero so deeply that she would choose to be with the hero. Many female characters such as Ophelia and Desdemona are examples. To the heroes, their woman must be beautiful, loyal and pure and their woman would give up the life willingly for love.So in Shakespeare’s tragedies, most of these heroes’ lover always ends in tragedy, which seems to be a way to show the greatness of the heroes’ moral or to increase the tragic color. We could find the examples in many plays such as Hamlet and Coriolanus.Othello is the same. In the play, Othello is a hero with no。)In this paragraph, Emilia expresses the following points: men and women should be equal with each other。t frailty that thus errs? It is so too: and have not we affections. Desires for sport, and frailty, as men have? Then let them use us well: else let them know, the ills we do, their ills instruct us so. or say they strike us, or scant our former having in despite。 but on the other hand, he has a heart full of evil ideas. To Iago, the evil desires control his soul, and if his dreams couldn’t e true, he would try his best to lay a trap for others. The egoism could be seen as the negative extreme of the humanism. The Marriage Concept of the HumanismEmilia, a supporting role, promotes the justice for Desdemona in the end. But in the play, there is a dialogue between Emilia and Desdemona. Emilia states her viewpoint about men, women and their family. Some scholars think this conversation is one of the most important ones in the play because it shows marriage concept of humanism. But I do think it is their husbands39。d in forms and visages of duty, keep yet their hearts attending on themselves, and, throwing but shows of service on their lords, do well thrive by them and when they have lined their coats do themselves homage: these fellows have some soul。s old, cashier39。d. You shall mark many a duteous and kneecrooking knave, that, doting on his own obsequious bondage, wears out his time, much like his master39。s the point: as — to be bold with you — not to affect many proposed matches of her own clime, plexion, and degree, whereto we see in all things nature tends. (Act III, Scene 3 to be discarded thence! (Act IV, Scene 4d up my heart, where either I must live, or bear no life。s (refers to Iago) of exceeding honesty, and knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, of human dealings.”(Act III, Scene 3 (Act V, Scene 2Desdemona. Nobody。(Act IV, Scene 2)All the statements above show the inferiority of women in Shakespeare’s view. No matter what the husband does to the wife, the wife shouldn’t explain or plain at all.In the bedchamber in the castle, Emilia finds dying Desdemona and asks who is the murderer. But even so, Desdemona is still reluctant to tell the truth and tries to protect his husband. She says, Desdemona. A guiltless death I die.Desdemona. I cannot tell. Those that do teach young babes do it with gentle means and easy tasks: He might have chid me so。 Iago. What is your pleasure, madam? How is39。Tis meet I should be used so, very meet. How have I been behaved, that he might stick the small39。Cassio shall have my place. and, sir, tonight, I do entreat that we may sup together: You are wele, sir, to Cyprus.—Goats and monkeys! ” (Act IV, Scene 2)In full view of the people, Othello rebukes Desdemona, disregardes her feelings. Despite grievance, Desdemona doesn39。 I39。 and she39。 you did wish that I would make her turn: sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on, and turn again。Lodovico. Who, I, my lord?Desdemona. My lord? Lodovico. Truly, an obedient lady: I do beseech your lordship, call her back.s tears, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. Out of my sight! she weeps.t: 39。Desdemona. I have not deserved this.Desdemona. Why, sweet Othello,—Desdemona. My lord?t. for, as I think, they do mand him home, deputing Cassio in his government.Desdemona. What, is he angry?Desdemona. My lord? To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, they belch us. (Act III, Scene 4) Through this statement, we could learn about what women hold the opinion for their own status in Shakespeare’s time. They are just the “food” of the men.When the envoy called Lodovico es to Cyprus to pass the order of the Duke. Othello is furious about her wife’s “disloyalty”, but Desdemona is plete