Examples Of Illusions In Othello

In addition, Emilia proves her underrated intelligence by standing up for what she believes is right. Desdemona, Othello's wife, and Emilia's relationship grows because of her great loyalty towards her. At the end of the play Emilia stands up for Desdemona because Othello kills her. She explains Desdemona's true love for him and would never do anything to hurt him, which proves Desdemona's innocence. Not only does Emilia stand up for Desdemona, but she also voices her opinion to Othello. Emilia shows no fear standing up to Othello to prove to him that his wife has always been faithful. At first Othello finds it implausible but then Emilia says, "Thou art rash as fire, to say that she was false. O, she was heavenly true!" (Shakespeare V: ii, 165-166).Women are looked at in Othello as unintelligent and unfaithful, but Emilia changes that stereotype by standing up to the men. From the start Emilia and Iago's relationship always seemed rocky. Emilia's confidence in herself shows that she is not afraid to stand up to her husband. Emilia realizes the danger she puts herself in when she stands up to Iago. In order to make things right, she does whatever it takes, even if that means ruining their marriage or taking her life.

The outspoken Desdemona is now a reserved housewife; and the reserved Emilia is now the outspoken confidant that Desdemona relies on. She believes that her friend does not deserve the treatment that has been served to her; so she speaks out on her problems reversing the roles placed on them both. As Desdemona begins to settle into the housewife settings, she calls upon Iago and Emilia recalls most of the event to her husband herself. Throughout the conversation, she even brings up something she was too afraid to do so earlier: Iago’s accusations that “made you to suspect me with the Moor.”(IV.ii.173). Emilia has completely changed to a woman with an unfiltered speech; through the heat she gained from her anger at Othello for hurting her friend mentally and physically, she accounted some of her own relationship problems.

Desdemona is a beautiful woman and men often rave about her, often referring with pleasantries such as “gentle Desdemona”(I. II. 25). She is married to the respected Othello who always talks positively about her. This on its own could be credited to Desdemona being a good person and compliant to Othello's wishes, being “fully subordinate”, but there is also Emilia. Emilia is smart, brave, and loyal, her loyalty mainly being directed towards Desdemona, and is also the wife of ‘honest’ Iago. Iago often speaks crudely of women and puts Emilia down,”you

He had gone and said that she was objects that were his. Meaning she had of no actual human value to him. Later on his actions further prove that Emilia was merely a tool for him to use as he continued to plot against Othello. Even when confronted by Emilia and Iago after Desdemona’s death Iago still had no care for Emilia. To calling her a “villainous whore...

She stays true to him to the very end, even after Othello kills her and Emilia asks her who did it she says, “Nobody. I myself. Farewell./Commend me to my lord” (5.2.138.). Desdemona’s death ends up being completely unjust and Othello is left being a complete But the thing that makes this worst of all is that if Desdemona and Othello had just talked, then this probably would never have happened. And Desdemona, the poor innocent girl that she is, accused by someone who she was nothing but obedient to would probably still be

He uses this strategy when he manipulates others, but appears sane in front of others. In “Othello” Appearance v. Reality plays one of the major themes throughout the story with character Iago. In the story “Othello” written by Shakespeare, Iago is a character that manipulates everyone and makes himself innocent. He especially does this to character Cassio.

At the beginning of the scene Desdemona asks Emilia if she believes that there are women in the world that would cheat their husbands. Emilia responds that she believes that there are women in the world that have cheated their husbands. After hearing Emilia’s response Desdemona asks Emilia if she would ever cheat on her husband (Iago); before Emilia responds Desdemona’s question, Emilia ask Desdemona if she would commit such deed. Desdemona and Emilia respond to each other question by saying

She swear by her mistress’ faithfulness but still Othello’s jealousy blinds him from the truth. “OTHELLO You haven’t seen anything, then?/ EMILIA No, and I didn’t hear anything either, or suspect anything at all./ OTHELLO But you’ve seen her and Cassio together./ EMILIA Yes, but I didn’t see anything wrong, and I heard every syllable they said./ OTHELLO Didn’t they ever whisper?/ EMILIA Never, my lord./ OTHELLO Or ask you to leave the room?/ EMILIA Never/ OTHELLO Not even to get her fan, or her gloves, or her mask, or anything?/ EMILIA

He shows the use of illusion when, “I am not what I am” (1.1.71). Iago is saying that he is not really as nice and loyal as he seems to be. He is pretending to be loyal, which is illusion, but the reality is that Iago hates Othello and just wants to be

Self-perception can substantially influence how one perceives what is accurate and what is misleading. For example, an intellectually inclined and self-assured person is capable of differentiating reality and imagination, while a skeptical and apprehensive individual turn to illusions to mold what they consider to be reality. William Shakespeare's play, the Tragedy of Othello illustrates this by displaying the development of several characters throughout the play as Iago continues to play with everyone's mind. Through the character of Othello, the play, Othello, suggests that simple deception and illusions can deceive the self-perception of an individual which in turn creates a conflict between recognizing reality and thought.

Iago is tricky, deceitful, and egocentric. He utilizes these attributes to further reinforcing his good fortune by gradually arranging his own triumph while watching the end of others. He used Othello's trust to plot his demise by lying that his wife Desdemona and his good companion Cassio are having an affair. He keeps feeding Othello with opinions of what his observations are regarding Desdemona and Cassio behave towards each other. "I do beseech you / though I perchance am vicious in my guess, that your wisdom / From one that so imperfectly [conjects] / Would take you no notice, nor build yourself a trouble / out of his scattering and unsure observation" (III.iii.145-150).

Desdemona also have a stronger belief about marriage and adultery than Emilia. Othello called her a whore on multiple occasions and smacked her in front of her cousin because he was mad after Iago began to tell him she may be cheating on him, but she remain loyal and faithful even though Emilia told her to leave Othello and she should have never married him in the first place. In act 4 scene 3 line 64-87 when they are talking about having an affair Emilia even makes a joke about when Desdemona is being serious saying "Nor I neither by this heavenly light; / I might do't as well i' the dark" (4.3.66-67). Emilia immature acts and silliness she blames the husbands if their wives do fall. Emilia does break in the end after realizing that her husband had orchestrated the whole lie about Desdemona cheating and now the reason why she was

While Desdemona believes that Othello is upset because of political affairs, Emilia believes that Othello thinks that Desdemona cheated on him. She states, “But I do think it is their husbands' faults If wives do fall.. The ills we do, their ills instruct us so”(4.3.97-115). This emphasizes Emilia’s strong views that clash with the social norms that a woman is looked down upon if she cheats on her husband, but it is less incriminating for a man to do so. Emilia believes that women are met with double standards, where it should be blamed on a man if a woman cheats on

Emilia tells him that he's crazy—she has observed Cassio and Desdemona every minute they were together, and nothing remotely suspicious happened. She is sure that Desdemona is honest, if ever there were an honest woman. Emilia insists that only some wretch could have put this thought into his head.

(1.1.58–59,66). In this quote, Iago is saying how he is serving Othello to get what he wants. He says that he is not who he is. This line is exactly what appearance vs. reality is. This fake love he has for Othello is a huge part of the theme appearance vs. reality.