![]() ![]() She does not see the connection between the jealous husband and the handkerchief. They are all but stomachs, and we all but food…” (III. Instead, she blames it on men and marriage “ Tis not a year or two shows us a man. Emilia sees how upset Othello gets about Desdemona not being able to produce the handkerchief yet she does not come forth. Again, later in the scene Emilia misses another opportunity to foil Iago’s plan. In Act III, scene iv Desdemona asks Emilia if she know where she lost her handkerchief. There are a couple of opportunities where Emilia is in a position to alter the tragic outcome. The handkerchief she hands to Iago becomes the material evidence that convinces Othello of Desdemona’s guilt. In the rising action she unwittingly gives her husband the very object that will seal Desdemona’s fate. Emilia contributes greatly to the dramatic action of the play. These two instances when Emilia calls out the evil doer (not realizing she is actually referring to her husband) also builds on the dramatic tension that is ultimately released when Emilia tells the truth and exposes her husband in Act 5, scene ii. It is even more ironic that the second time she refers to the person that has deceived Othello she is speaking to Iago “ I will be hanged if some eternal villain, some busy and insinuating rogue…”(IV. Unbeknownst to Emilia, it is her husband that is to blame but the audience is aware and therefore it is ironic that she should say to Othello “ If any wretch have put this in your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse,” (IV. In Act IV, scene ii there are two occasions where Emilia curses the person that has tricked Othello into believing Desdemona has been unfaithful. Emilia contributes to the dramatic irony in the play.
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