Desdemona
Smothered innocent spouse
Desdemona is a character in Shakespeare's *Othello*—the virtuous wife whose murder by her jealous husband gives the tragedy its climax.
The name occasionally appears as a given name, carrying associations of innocence wrongly accused.
Desdemona is also a moon of Uranus, named following the convention of drawing from Shakespeare's characters.
Sideways-spinning outer world
- MirandaCustodial rights advisement
- TitaniaFae monarch, celestial body
- ArielAiry supernatural being
- OberonFairy king's name
Cordelia · Juliet · Ophelia · Puck · Portia · Rosalind · Bianca · Cressida
Venetian military commander
- EmiliaFeminine name, Latin-derived
- handkerchiefPocket cloth for sniffles
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- CyprusMediterranean island nation
Iago · Moor · jealousy · betrayal · tragedy · smothering · fidelity · innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- purityUncontaminated quality
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- victimhoodState of being wronged
wrongful accusation · martyrdom · devotion · naivety · gentleness · loyalty · sacrifice · tragic heroine
Uranus
Sideways-spinning outer world
Oberon · Cordelia · Juliet · Ophelia · Puck · Portia · Rosalind · Bianca · Cressida · Belinda
Othello
Venetian military commander
- EmiliaFeminine name, Latin-derived
- handkerchiefPocket cloth for sniffles
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
Iago · Cyprus · Moor · jealousy · betrayal · tragedy · smothering · fidelity · innocence · wife
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
victimhood · wrongful accusation · martyrdom · devotion · naivety · gentleness · loyalty · sacrifice · tragic heroine · blamelessness
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- Romantic FiguresRomeo, Juliet, Casanova, Don Juan, Cleopatra
- Rosesroses, tea rose, hybrid tea rose, climbing rose, wild rose
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
- Shakespeare CharactersHamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo, Juliet
DesdemonaClytemnestra
Greek queen, husband-slayer
Medea · Lady Macbeth · Phaedra · femme fatale · Cressida