Emilia

Question 1

Her perception on the predatory nature of male-female relationships shows her unhappy marriage

Answer 1

‘They are all but stomachs, and we are all but food’ A3S4

Question 2

Men have primitive desires they act on, using women to their own disposal

Answer 2

‘They eat us hungrily, and when they are full, they belch us’ A3S4

Question 3

Speaks against her husband despite the risks it may put her at

Answer 3

‘Villainy, villainy villainy!’ A5S2

Question 4

First words in the play, challenges Iago when he ridicules her in front of his colleagues

Answer 4

‘’You have little cause to say to’ A2S1

Question 5

Confidently reprimands Othello for his heinous actions, a voice of morality and reason

Answer 5

‘Nay, lay thee down and roar, for thou hast killed the sweetest innocent’ A5S2
Unwavering trust in Desdemona, reflects the audience’s view of D as harmless

Question 6

Wary of wrongdoings and manipulation of her husband (and Othello), suspicious of her own husband despite also being loyal to him, she is very intelligent and intuitive

Answer 6

‘What will you do with’t […]?’ A3S3