A.C. Bradley on Emilia’s death
‘nothing in her life becomes her like the losing of it’
‘careless for her own life in the end’
A.C. Bradley on Emilia’s character
‘she nowhere shows any sign of having a bad heart’
A.C. Bradley on Emilia and the handkerchief
‘Her stupidity in this matter is gross, but it is stupidity and nothing worse’
A.C. Bradley on Emilia’s relationship with the audience
‘She is the only person who utters for us the violent common emotions which we feel, together with those more tragic emotions which she does not comprehend’
Thomas D. Bowman on Emilia and the handkerchief
‘the unconscious victim of tragic error’
Thomas D. Bowman on Emilia’s character
‘unswervingly loyal in her sentiments’
‘sensible in her moral standards’
Thomas D. Bowman on Emilia’s speech in 4.3
‘a most fervent and eloquent defence of sex equality and the single standard of morality’
Matt Simpson on Emilia’s effect on Desdemona
Emilia underscores Desdemona’s lack of knowledge of the world
Matt Simpson on Emilia’s death
‘she dies in the service of truth’
Matt Simpson on the position of wives
‘wives are required to be obedient’
Graham Bradshaw on Emilia and Iago
‘they are twin products of a loveless and barren marriage’
John McRae on Emilia’s speech in 4.3
‘great feminist, humanist manifesto’
