critics - emilia Flashcards
thomas
‘she is dramatically and symbolically the play’s fulcrum’
‘emilia is the foil for desdemona and corrects desdemona’s occasional naivete’
‘friendship between woman is established’
abrahams
‘emilia is prey to to dominant ideology of wifely virtue’
‘indeed each women is so measured in her response to her husband’s malignancy’
‘accepts her social role” but does “not identify with it, that is, she does not buy into it, and for the right price, she would defy it’
‘reluctant to acknowledge her suspicions about iago’s intentions’
a.c bradley
‘exaggeration of the vital truth’
‘steals the handkerchief due to the ‘wifely virtues silence, obedience, and prudence’
bloom
‘better version of desdemona’
simpson
‘underscores desdemona’s lack of knowledge in the world’
‘dies in service of the truth’
french
‘early feminist’
‘women are either superhuman or subhuman’
vanita
emilia and desdemona ‘die similar deaths for similar reasons’
‘emilia is desdemona’s only ally, but emilia is a powerless wife herself’
fanon
‘a mouthpiece for repressed femininity.’
warren
‘tries to be a loyal wife and servant’
