Othello Essay
Ryan Campbell
English IV
Period 2
May 5, 2013
Women are High Maintenance
Othello is a very confusing love story with people who have a lot of issues and problems and they think that the world revolves around them. It is a story of love, hate, and all of the other ridiculous emotions a person can think of. Two characters that would fit into this category of describing would be Desdemona and Emilia. Both women are strong characters, but one may be stronger. Whenever Shakespeare wrote, he always wanted the feeling of his female characters to be strong and passionate. In Othello, both Desdemona and Emilia are similar and different in many ways. They both are loyal to their husbands, but are different in the realization of their experiences and their viewpoints of reality. They both want to please their husbands and make them happy. Desdemona reassures this by saying, “Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio But with such general warranty of heaven As I might love, I never gave him token.” (Act 5, Scene 2, Lines 58-61) Another way that both Desdemona and Emilia are similar is their level of ignorance. They are ignorant of the ongoing schemes that plague their environment. For example, Desdemona is completely oblivious of Iago’s trap when she allows herself to be confronting with Cassio and Iago decides to report this to Othello and make him known of what is going on. Emilia is unaware of everything that is happening and she becomes involved in the plot when Iago demands her that she give him Desdemona’s hankerchief. Emilia is astonished of the suspicions of Othello and says, “If any wretch have put this in your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse.” Desdemona and Emilia are also different in some ways. Emilia is very practical by saying that she would be willing to cheat on Iago. By depicting this she resembles an advantage in doing this but also she shows her loyalty and love for Iago as she would be willing to render
English IV
Period 2
May 5, 2013
Women are High Maintenance
Othello is a very confusing love story with people who have a lot of issues and problems and they think that the world revolves around them. It is a story of love, hate, and all of the other ridiculous emotions a person can think of. Two characters that would fit into this category of describing would be Desdemona and Emilia. Both women are strong characters, but one may be stronger. Whenever Shakespeare wrote, he always wanted the feeling of his female characters to be strong and passionate. In Othello, both Desdemona and Emilia are similar and different in many ways. They both are loyal to their husbands, but are different in the realization of their experiences and their viewpoints of reality. They both want to please their husbands and make them happy. Desdemona reassures this by saying, “Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio But with such general warranty of heaven As I might love, I never gave him token.” (Act 5, Scene 2, Lines 58-61) Another way that both Desdemona and Emilia are similar is their level of ignorance. They are ignorant of the ongoing schemes that plague their environment. For example, Desdemona is completely oblivious of Iago’s trap when she allows herself to be confronting with Cassio and Iago decides to report this to Othello and make him known of what is going on. Emilia is unaware of everything that is happening and she becomes involved in the plot when Iago demands her that she give him Desdemona’s hankerchief. Emilia is astonished of the suspicions of Othello and says, “If any wretch have put this in your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse.” Desdemona and Emilia are also different in some ways. Emilia is very practical by saying that she would be willing to cheat on Iago. By depicting this she resembles an advantage in doing this but also she shows her loyalty and love for Iago as she would be willing to render