Characters: Emilia (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Emilia's 2 roles in Othello
Emilia's 2 roles in Othello
Iago's wife & Desdemona's attendant
Significance of handkerchief theft by Emilia
Significance of handkerchief theft by Emilia
Crucial turning point enabling Iago's scheme
Iago's quote about having a foolish wife
Iago's quote about having a foolish wife
It is a common thing... to have a foolish wife
Emilia's metaphor: how men treat women (eat/belch)
Emilia's metaphor: how men treat women (eat/belch)
They eat us hungrily, and when full / They belch us
Emilia's view: whose fault if wives fall?
Emilia's view: whose fault if wives fall?
I do think it is their husbands' faults
Emilia to Othello after Desdemona's murder
Emilia to Othello after Desdemona's murder
Thou dost belie her and thou art a devil
Emilia's vow about exposing Iago (lives)
Emilia's vow about exposing Iago (lives)
I'll make thee known / Though I lost twenty lives
Emilia's defiant response to Iago's threats
Emilia's defiant response to Iago's threats
I will speak as liberal as the north
Emilia's character transformation
Emilia's character transformation
From passive accomplice to courageous truth-teller
Contrast: Desdemona vs Emilia's deaths
Contrast: Desdemona vs Emilia's deaths
Desdemona: innocent victim; Emilia: seeking atonement