Kategorier: Alle - gender - loyalty - betrayal - manipulation

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Presentation of Emilia in Othello

Emilia in 'Othello' is initially presented in a negative light due to Iago's suspicion of her infidelity with Othello. However, her intelligence becomes evident as she is the first to suspect Othello'

Presentation of Emilia in Othello

Presentation of Emilia in 'Othello'

First Impression

Negative
Due to Iago's soliloquy His suspicion of her infidelity with Othello

Betrayal VS loyalty

Similarity: Initially both Iago and Emilia betray those they serve
Difference: Emilia protects Desdemona Iago continues to manipulate Othello mercilessly

Intelligence

Awareness of men’s betrayals VS Desdemona's innocence and gullibility
Analysis of Othello’s behavior VS Othello’s raging passions
Dramatic tension
First to suspect Othello's true motive when he wanted her to be absence

Gender Inequality

Her obedience to Iago
Willingness to steal HANDKERCHIEF for Iago

Low self esteem

To reveal Iago’s manipulative powers and to move the plot forward that will ‘prove’ Desdemona’s adultery

Shakespeare used her to raise gender issue in Elizabethan times
Resonate of audiences' sense of injustice of woman in the society

Tolerates men’s affairs while women are bound to absolute fidelity

In Act 3, 4 Audience aware of men's attitude toward women and their point of view in Venetian women