In the play Othello jealousy demonstrated how an emotion can take over a person controlling them leading them to destruction and chaos in their lives and people around them including close friends and family. Othello also demonstrates how the husband and wife relationship were like in some relationships back then. Society back then was very different compared to today’s society women now are treated much more like human beings and have mostly all the rights men have. Back then in some relationships women were treated like an afterthought like they didn’t even matter in a man’s life men just used them for their personal needs and desires there was no love or affection shown in the relationship from the man. A couple that represents this type
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Emilia seems to love Iago as she is always willing to please and satisfy his needs and desires as seen here “I, am glad I have found this napkin this was her first remembrance from the Moor. My wayward husband hath a hundred times wooed me to steal it. But she so loves the token (For he conjured her she should ever keep it) That she reserves it evermore about her to kiss and talk to. I’ll have the work ta’en out and give’t Iago”(Act 3 Sc3). What he will do with it heaven knows not I, I nothing but to please his fantasy. This shows that Emilia does have love for her husband by following his orders to steal the handkerchief even though she does not know why Iago needs it she even steals it knowing she does not want to steal the handkerchief but only does just for her husband. Emilia also shows her love to Iago when Desdemona asks Emilia about her handkerchief. “Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia? I know not, madam”(Act 3 Sc4) She simply replies she doesn’t know where it is but yet she is the one which stole the handkerchief for Iago. This indicates her loyalty and love to Iago by keeping the stolen handkerchief away from her hand maiden a very close person to Emilia this ends up betraying Desdemona in the end. Emilia is just trying to keep her husband happy in any way …show more content…
Look you, Cassio and my husband!” (Act 3 Sc4) This is after when Othello kept asking about the handkerchief over and over again to Desdemona. What Emilia is saying is men eat the women like food when they are hungry they just throw it out this indicates that Emilia may love her husband Iago but she really knows what men use women for just for their personal desires. She does not use this metaphor on her husband Iago she instead just follows along her husband’s side if she did she could of maybe figured out what Iago was doing all
Emilia seems to love Iago as she is always willing to please and satisfy his needs and desires as seen here “I, am glad I have found this napkin this was her first remembrance from the Moor. My wayward husband hath a hundred times wooed me to steal it. But she so loves the token (For he conjured her she should ever keep it) That she reserves it evermore about her to kiss and talk to. I’ll have the work ta’en out and give’t Iago”(Act 3 Sc3). What he will do with it heaven knows not I, I nothing but to please his fantasy. This shows that Emilia does have love for her husband by following his orders to steal the handkerchief even though she does not know why Iago needs it she even steals it knowing she does not want to steal the handkerchief but only does just for her husband. Emilia also shows her love to Iago when Desdemona asks Emilia about her handkerchief. “Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia? I know not, madam”(Act 3 Sc4) She simply replies she doesn’t know where it is but yet she is the one which stole the handkerchief for Iago. This indicates her loyalty and love to Iago by keeping the stolen handkerchief away from her hand maiden a very close person to Emilia this ends up betraying Desdemona in the end. Emilia is just trying to keep her husband happy in any way …show more content…
Look you, Cassio and my husband!” (Act 3 Sc4) This is after when Othello kept asking about the handkerchief over and over again to Desdemona. What Emilia is saying is men eat the women like food when they are hungry they just throw it out this indicates that Emilia may love her husband Iago but she really knows what men use women for just for their personal desires. She does not use this metaphor on her husband Iago she instead just follows along her husband’s side if she did she could of maybe figured out what Iago was doing all