Desdemona's And Othello Relationship

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Everybody communicates for a reason to understand feelings especially inside groups and in relationships so that no one will get hurt. Desdemona's & Othello relationship has crumbled due to the lack of communication and which ability to understand one another the poor resource of information instead of talking to one another poor communication can lead to terrible situations especially in a relationship or with a loved one. If you don't get an understanding of what the person is trying to say it can cause trust issues and no respect to one another. Othello’s resource of lies was not with his wife to see if thoughts words were true which could have prevented this hole senaryo of despair and death. In a chapter of a Othello there was a part

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