Presentation of Emilia in Othello

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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