EL Othello Female Power

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  • Created by: amicooper
  • Created on: 12-04-17 15:25
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  • Female Power
    • Women owned by men
      • Desdemona has a 'divided duty' between her father and her husband
        • Like her mother, he must put her husband first
    • Women criticizing men
      • Emilia publicly criticizes Iago's negative and aggressive attitude towards women
        • A woman speaking out against her husband was viewed as wrong and challenged typical male-female power
      • Emilia tells Iago that he 'told a lie, an odious, damned lie', a sharp contrast to the label of honesty he has been given throughout
    • Feminism
      • Emilia observes that many husbands are unfaithful and that the sexes are judged unequally
        • 'What is it that they do when they change us for others? Is it sport?'
      • Emilia also advocates a more equal relationship between men and women
    • Men respecting women
      • Cassio immediately kneels before Desdemona, greeting her as 'the riches of the ship'

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