Emilia In Othello's Jealousy

Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. She is Iago’s wife, and Desdemona’s attendant. She is a woman of practical intelligence and emotional flexibility. She is deeply attached to her mistress and distrustful of her husband. She follows Iago in her wifely duty but with time she develops a strong loyalty to Desdemona and, at the end denounces Iago’s ties to defend Desdemona’s reputation.
There is a sense of mistake which is irrevocable, like an arrow released that cannot be put back in a bow. In the case of Othello, it is the belief that Desdemona is unfaithful .Emilia is one of the characters who try to persuade Othello to turn his back on his jealousy and trust his wife as she says “I durst, my lord…….your bosom.” (Act-4, scene-2 ,lines 12-19). Although Emilia lacks the attributes that define renaissance women, she clearly displays the character of a strong minded individual. From her first introduction she is ridiculed and chided by her husband Iago “Sir would she give you…. Enough” ( Act 2 scene 1, line 103-5). This …show more content…
When finally she sees the truth, she abandons all loyalty to Iago and verbally attacks him for the villianary act. we rightly resent her unkindness in permitting the theft but it is an important point. Othello's jealousy was intimately connected with the loss of the handkerchief. When Othello's anger showed itself violently, she was really distressed for her mistress. Emilia, however , was certainly failed to perceive the reason behind that. She guessed that Othello was being deceived by some scoundrel. Even after Desdemona's death, she didn't remember the handkerchief, but when Othello at last mentions, as a proof of his wife's guilt, that he had seen the handkerchief in Cassio's hand, the truth falls on Emilia like a thunder-bolt ." O God!" she bursts out, "O heavenly God!" Her stupidity in this matter is