Emilia

Question 1

Act 3, Scene 3 Emilia

Answer 1

What he will do with it Heaven knows,

I nothing but to please his fantasy. -

handkerchief given out of loyalty and subservience

Question 2

Act 3 Scene 4 Emilia

Answer 2

“They are all but stomachs, and we all but food” - patriarchal society - men used women for their sexual desires

‘Tis not a year or two shows us a man - Says after men have settled they show their true intentions and nature

Question 3

Act 4 Scene 2 Emilia

Answer 3

For, if she be not honest, chaste, and true - “honest, chaste and true” - ideal wife - protects Desdemona’s integrity and honesty

Question 4

Act 5 Scene 2 Emilia

Answer 4

“and you the blacker devil!” - after Othello admits he murdered Desdemona - loyal to Desdemona in the end

Thou art rash as fire to say
That she was false: O, she was heavenly true - fighting for Desdemona’s integrity and legacy, as she doesn’t want her to be remembered as another promiscuous woman