Emilia Flashcards
In Act 3, Scene 3 what does Emilia reveal Iago has asked her to do regarding the handkerchief?
“Hath a hundred times woo’d me to steal it”
In Act 3, Scene 3 how does Emilia demonstrate her devotion to Iago regarding the handkerchief?
“What he will do with it heavens know, not I; I nothing but to please his fantasy”
In Act 3, Scene 4 how does Emilia liken men to stomachs and women to food?
“They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; to eat us hungrily, and when they are full, they belch us”
In Act 3, Scene 4, what does Emilia say jealousy is to Desdemona?
“‘Tis a monster”
In Act 5, Scene 2 how does Emilia demonstrate courage and loyalty to Desdemona?
“I care not for thy sword. I’ll make thee known”
In Act 5, Scene 2, how does Emilia respond to Othello’s remark that Desdemona “was false as water”?
“O, she was heavenly true”
In Act 5, Scene 2, how does Emilia make reference to Othello’s race? (2 Examples)
- “Thou art a devil”
- “The more angel she, and you the blacker devil!”
In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Emilia remark in regard to wives and their husbands?
“I do think it is their husbands faults if wives do fall”
In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Emilia remark husbands should know about their wives?
“Let husbands know their wives have sense like them: they see and smell and have their palates both for sweet and sour, as husbands have”
In Act 4, Scene 3, what does Emilia say in regards to cheating on her husband if it made him a king?
“Who would not make her husband a cuckhold to make him a monarch? I should venture purgatory for it”
In Act 4, Scene 2 who does Emilia say Othello is abused by?
“The Moor’s abused by some most villainous knave”
In Act 4, Scene 2, what does Emilia remark she will be if someone hasn’t made up that Desdemona is unfaithful?
“I will be hanged, if some eternal villain… to get some office, have not devised this slander”
In Act 4, Scene 2, what does Emilia tell Othello to do if someone has told him Desdemona is unfaithful?
“If any wretch have put this in your head, let heaven requite it with a serpent’s curse”
In Act 4, Scene 2, what does Emilia bet on Desdemona’s honesty?
“I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, lay down my soul at stake”
In Act 2, Scene 1, how does Emilia respond to Iago’s mocking of her? (2 Examples)
- “You shall not write my praise”
- “You ha’ little cause to say so”
