# Desdemona — Women and Economics character guide

> Desdemona in Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-women-and-economics

## Who they are

A character referenced as a focal point, likely from Shakespeare's Othello, used as an example.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_and_economics_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

Desdemona is likely referenced as a literary or symbolic figure, evoking themes of victimhood or tragedy in the narrator's analysis.

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