Emilia

During the sixteenth century, Shakespeare Wrote the play Othello, a love story that ended in tragedy and death because of the lies that the character Iago told. During that time period, it was customary for women to be housewives and were essentially at the bottom of the hierarchy since it was a male dominated society. The female’s roles played in these scenes were fundamentally just possessions who belonged to their husbands but yet they still loved their husbands unconditionally. One…

behavior is due to jealousy, despite Desdemona protesting against it. Emilia's major external conflicts are with Othello Iago. Othello kills Desdemona on the grounds of infidelity. Emilia knowing Desdemona is innocent, tells Othello so, which is when Othello tells her that Iago claimed that Desdemona was unfaithful. Emilia realizes that Iago has lied to Othello and that those lies have caused murder. She is enraged and upset and tells everyone that the one who instigated the whole thing was…

garden with Emilia, Iago’s wife, Iago pushes Cassio to go out and speak to Desdemona. Iago hopes that Otello sees them together. When Otello appears in the room, Iago mutters himself. Otello asks what he means, but Iago says it was nothing. Otello thinks Iago sees Cassio running away from Desdemona; however, Iago says that Cassio would not run away like that. Iago asks him whether Otello trusts…

On Friday 24th October 2014, I went to see Frantic Assembly’s version of William Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, directed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett. Frantic Assembly are a theatre company whose performances are primarily dominated by their unusual use of physical theatre to express emotions of characters and uncover hidden meanings within the play through the use of movement. The play was performed to an audience of mostly young adults and teenagers, perhaps because it had been…

may not be all platonic. Cassio, in particular, is the target of these allegations of promiscuity, being friendly with both Desdemona and Othello, and often asking Desdemona for favours once he falls out of her husband’s grace. This comes about when Emilia brings the handkerchief to her husband after it was dropped by Desdemona, and he proceeds to plant it on Cassio, telling Othello that it must mean that Cassio and Desdemona are romantically involved. From this point on, Iago proceeds to use…

Cassio ultimately causing the death of Desdemona. Roderigo may of had bad intentions from the start but was corrupted more through Iago causing the innocent to die. Emilia played one of the greatest parts in Iago’s plot as a mediator between Cassio and Desdemona, however she was unaware this was only making Othello angrier at Cassio. Emilia was only trying to please her husband just as Desdemona was she had no idea of Iago’s wickedness as she exclaims “I found by fortune and did give my husband…

destroy lives. We are introduced to a character named Iago, who clearly is displayed with loads of jealousy. Othello passed over the promotion to Cassio to become lieutenant instead of Iago. Iago also heard a rumor that othello hooked up with his wife Emilia. He says, “I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets has done my office. I know not if’t be true, but i, for mere suspicion in that kind will do as if for surety”(I,iii, 329-433). With hate already brewing, one can…

to plan and deliver almost every action but the two most important he missed were Cassio’s death and Emilia’s reaction. If Cassio had died, Iago would 've been the one to go tell Othello since he was a soldier and closer. Even if Cassio had died, Emilia staying and exposing Iago devilish nature lead to the big break in Iago’s…

to uncover Iago’s plan. Shakespeare shows that even though Iago made a good plan, he cannot overcome his own over-confidence. Once again Iago shows his over confidence when he commands Emilia “What, are you mad? I charge you get you home.”(V,ii,192). Throughout his magnificent plan, he forgot one big weakness, Emilia, since she is the only one to know how Iago was able to manipulate Othello. Shakespeare represents the human trait of over-confidence in Iago as all humans are sometime too…

by little and when one occurred, the next was sure to follow. The fight triggered Othello in thinking that Cassio has been successfully murdered and on that instinct he thought it was right to smother and kill Desdemona. It only took until then for Emilia to realize that the handkerchief issue was all a misunderstanding and must be told to Othello. Although Iago walks out of the scene alive and unharmed by anyone else (unlike everyone else), he faces torture and death. At the end of the play,…