Emilia

This pattern is disrupted in act two when Desdemona is emboldened to speak openly about topics outside of professing love. The presence of another woman, Emilia, results in Desdemona feeling more comfortable and able to express herself more fully. It is in the presence of Emilia that she banters with Iago asking for praises and saying, “O heavy ignorance! Thou praisest the worst best. / But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving / woman indeed, on that in authority of her merit, did /…

happened in Romeo and Juliet and this happened in Othello. In Othello, the characters who died because of the previously mentioned reasons were Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello, in that same order. Desdemona’s death was crime of passion; she was killed because Othello was misled to think that she was cheating on him with his lieutenant, Cassio. Emilia died because she was trying to defend Desdemona even after her death. Othello, upon discovering that Iago lied to him and that he killed his wife…

even if their actions are not willful in their nature. Minor characters in Shakespeare’s Othello, such as Emilia, Roderigo and Cassio are a large factor in the plot’s advancement. However, most of this action is not catalyzed deliberately, but through the notion of what they…

Throughout Shakespeare’s Othello, Emilia’s challenge of the societal norm manages to get her so called “unfaithful” mistress killed. Emilia is a character who changes throughout the play. She may seem like the quiet type but there are many things that run through her mind. When she finally changes her ways of silence she to pays the price of death. There is many times where her silence isn’t necessary but it works so well for the effect. As a character, Emilia’s role in the book is to…

manipulates Michael Cassio, Othello’s lieutenant, and uses him in his evil plan, as well as his companion, Bianca, a prostitute. To execute his plan, he exploits his wife, Emilia, who is Desdemona's handmaiden. In the end, Othello, Desdemona, and Emilia all die, and Cassio is badly wounded. The three major female characters -- Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca -- each embody the stereotypical female characteristics of ignorant…

Desdemona are not the only married couple in this play, there is also Iago and Emilia. This couple has less money and less love involved in there union however this does not change the fact that they are married throughout the play. Marriage is difficult for any couple weather they were a couple in the 1600s or a modern day couple, and even though Othello and Desdemona show there love differently than Iago and Emilia does that mean that their love is…

innocence. During her conversation with Desdemona it becomes apparent that Emilia has some pent up emotions directed towards Iago. Emilia response to Desdemona’s question if there are women who cheat on their husbands, “There be some such, no question” (Shakespeare). Emilia is quite confident in her response, this is because Iago has most likely cheated on her. These feelings were created from Iago’s actions of cheating on Emilia that caused her to be bitter towards men and women that cheat in…

main character. The story begins with the establishment of the story’s main characters, Othello, Desdemona, Iago, Emilia, Cassio, and Roderigo. Othello is a great war hero as well as the mayor of the land and Desdemona is his beloved wife. Iago is one of Othello’s right hand men who secretly loathes Othello for his higher position which Iago believes should've been his and Emilia is his wife and Desdemona’s main friend/servant. Cassio is another right hand man of Othello’s but is higher than…

the characters are relatable. As a reader we have all experienced love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and repentance. These emotions, as well as many others, are all portrayed throughout the play by the main characters Othello, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia, accompanied with relatable personalities and situations. These relatable emotions, personalities and…

He “directly steals it” (Stockholder). In a critical essay titled “Egregiously an Ass: Chance and Accident in Othello”, Katherine Stockholder discusses the significance of Iago directly taking the handkerchief from Emilia and had he not, his “power to manipulate random circumstances would be absent from the play” (Stockholder). The handkerchief not only symbolizes Desdemona and Othello’s love, it also symbolizes Iago’s genius manipulation skills. He figured out how…