Emilia Flashcards
“They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us.”
What act and what scene?
Act 3 scene 4
“They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us.”
Analysis
A crude and extended hunger metaphor to convey that men merely use women to satisfy their sexual desires.
Implies men treat women as mere objects and disregard their feelings and humanity.
‘Who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?
What act and what scene?
Act 5 scene 3
‘Who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?
Analysis
A cuckold is the husband of an adulterous wife.
Emilia states that she wouldn’t commit infidelity for her own benefit but for her husband. Shows her underlying loyalty.
‘“You have little cause to say so.”
what act and what scene?
Act 2 scene 1
“You have little cause to say so.”
Analysis
Emilia’s first words in the play are to challenge her husband when he is deriding her in front of his superiors. It establishes her as a character with strength.
“What will you do with ’t that you have been so earnest to have me filch it?”
what act and what scene?
Act 3 scene 3
“What will you do with ’t that you have been so earnest to have me filch it?”
Analysis
Emilia can be identified as intelligent in this scene as she begins to question her husbands motives and his desperation for the handkerchief.
If any wretch have put this in your head
Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse.’
What act and what scene?
Act 4 scene 2
‘If any wretch have put this in your head
Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse. ‘
Analysis
The curse that God laid upon the serpent for deceiving the innocent Eve. Emilia means that whoever has put these ideas into Othello’s head deserves the same curse. She’s incredibly defensive of Desdemona and this shows their strong friendship.
