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Othello- Important Emilia Quotes
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- 1EMILIA- 'You shall not write my praise'. [ACT TWO].Shows her resentment to Iago as a bitter wife. She contrasts to Desdemona who is in love with Othello and praises him referring to his 'valiant parts', could perhaps show how obedience and loyalty wore thin in unhappy marriages.
- 2[Being Spoken about by Iago] 'she give you so much of her lips as of her tongue she oft bestows on me'. [ACT TWO].Here Iago is implying Emilia is unfaithful her and often does throughout the play ['wife for wife', 'The lusty Moor hath leapt into my seat']. There is no evidence of this throughout the play and could therefore show here that he just likes to talks about her in a derogative manner and embarrass her publicly.
- 3EMILIA- 'their palates both for sweet and sour'In this speech to Desdemona Emilia talks about how woman are equal to men in a lot of respects. It could show an early development of feminism and that Emilia wishes society to be more egalitarian.
- 4EMILIA- 'the more angel she, and you blacker the devil!'Shows a racial slur towards Othello's race and also reflects how Black people were often perceived in Venetian/Elizabethan society. Shows how Desdemona was loyal and good [and even pure, but not in terms of her race as Othello describes her as 'alabaster' meaning very white]. It represents her innocence in the play but is Ironic coming from Emilia who stole the handkerchief which caused Othello to believe she was unfaithful.
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- AS - Level English literature Flashcards on Othello- Important Emilia Quotes, created by Rebecca Davidson on 19/05/2016.
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- Rebecca Davidson · May 2016
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