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A couple of ideas: The marriage was in secret - Othello had no right to marry her without getting her father's permission. Desdemona had no right to choose her own husband. Their love and marriage is based on passion and not reason, which proably caused them to behave as they did, and which is part of the reason Iago is able to mess with Othello.
Posted by Lillith on March 29, 1997 at 07:47:00
In Reply to "Why is Othello and Desdemona's marriage seen as unnatural?" posted by Vanessa on March 29, 1997 at 07:35:59
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