Othello's Desdemona and Paradise Lost's Eve: Tragic Figures The purpose of this paper is to show whether the two lead female characters in Shakespeare's Othello and Melton's Paradise Lost-Desdemona and Eve respectively-can be considered tragic figures. To make a determination, it is first necessary to define what it means to be a tragic figure within the context of Elizabethan and 17th century literature. Pages: 5 Bibliography: 6 source(s) listed Filename: 19169 Othello Desdemona Paradise.doc Price: 44.75