Emilia critics Flashcards
(19 cards)
Carol Thomas
“She is dramatically and symbolically the play’s fulcrum”
(a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation)
Carol Thomas
“Emilia is the foil for Desdemona and corrects Desdemona’s occasional naivety”
Eileen Abrahams
“Emilia is prey to dominant ideology of wifely virtue’
Eileen Abrahams
“indeed each women is so measured in her response to her husband’s malignancy”
A C Bradley
“exaggeration of the vital truth”
Berger
“one of the motives imaginable for Emilia is a socially coded pleasure in watching one’s betters misbehave and suffer”
E A J Honingham
” ‘fear of Iago’ explains Emilia’s attitude as Shakespeare’s tragedy unfolds”
Carol Thomas
steals the handkerchief due to the “wifely virtues silence, obedience, and prudence”
Carol Thomas
“friendship between women is established”
Megg Ward
“Emilia’s role as the backbone of the tragedy”
Megg Ward
Aristotle wrote, “A man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall,” Emilia becomes a hero by the end of the play
Carol Thomas
“heroines of comedy the role of potential mediator.”
Carol Thomas
“Emilia, stealing the handkerchief, is the catalyst for the play’s crisis”
Penny Gay
“the truly tragic female figure in this story”
Harold Bloom
“heroic intervention”
Matt Simpson
She dies in service of the truth
Matt Simpson
Emilia underscores Desdemona’s lack of knowledge in the world
A C Bradley
she nowhere shows any sign of having a bad heart
