Desdemona is a fictional charater[?] in the playOthello by William Shakespeare. She is Othello's wife, and the daughter of Senator Brabantonio. She is a lightskinned and innocent and Shakespeare uses her as a symbol of purity to contrast malevolent Iago and his worldy wife, Emily.
Desdemona's love for her husband lasts to her dying breath and she dies loving and trusting.