Out of the entire play / movie / book (whatever), my favorite love affair is one between Emilia and Iago. Even though there are many to chose from, Iago’s and Emilia’s relationship goes from vague and subtle to heated and un-expectantly risqué. In the beginning I really didn’t know if Emilia was going to be a substantial character, or if she was simply going to wallow in the background. Also, her marriage with Iago seemed as though neither one of them trusted the other, and I wanted to know more about their history. My first reaction of Emilia was one of suspicion because she didn’t have a big role, and I didn’t think she could do that much damage. But, after some analyzation and after she stole Desdemona’s handkerchief, I began to feel pity for her because she was willing to do anything to win the favor of her husband. I sympathize for Emilia because even though all she wanted was to have an intimate relationship with her husband, but the splenetic Iago still insisted that she is a whore and she slept around. I mean, I guess I can see where Iago is coming from because she is extremely flirty—although he didn’t hear her conversation with Desdemona where she told her that she would cheat if she had to—I can see why he wouldn’t trust her. Finally, I am glad that she finally grew the cajones to call Iago out on his malevolent scheme and confront him in front of everyone but there is a point I would like to make; Iago killed his wife because she had a pernicious affect on his plan, so he proved my point in saying that he cared more about his career than his wife. All in all I feel bad about Emilia’s death and don’t think that she deserved to die that way, but she ultimately found closure within herself and was finally let go from Iago’s ostensible grip on her.
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