Show HOW DESDEMONA DIED the curiously contrived end ng of shakespeare s 9 heroine the tragic death of desdemona ac cording to the paris parts Men estrel which has recently completed some interest ing researches among the archives of the quenna family of which shak speare s othello was a member really occurred in crete in the year 1523 desdemona whose name signifies damsel of the house of demons met her death accord ng to this new ver sion in a singular manner othello had charged his valet with the carrying out of his revenge the valet accordingly took up a position close to Desde desdemona monas s apartment where he started groaning and shut shuf fling with his feet othello thereupon requested his wife to rise and discover the cause of the noise As she crossed the threshold a of grass was vas flung at her head she tell fell to the ground and was then assailed with a succession of similar grass filled sacks be ng finally smothered under the falling cell ceil ng and masonry of the walls which haa had been specially los loosened ened at othello s orders |