EL Othello Female Power
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- 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
- Desdemona has a 'divided duty' between her father and her husband
- 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
- Emilia publicly criticizes Iago's negative and aggressive attitude towards women
- 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
- Emilia observes that many husbands are unfaithful and that the sexes are judged unequally
- Men respecting women
- Cassio immediately kneels before Desdemona, greeting her as 'the riches of the ship'
- Women owned by men
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