Respond Fully to the Questions on Desdemona and Emilia. Using Act 4, Scene 3, Write a Diary Entry for Both Characters, Imagining Their Thoughts and Feelings on the Treatment of Women by Men.

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Respond fully to the questions on Desdemona and Emilia. Using Act 4, Scene 3, Write a diary entry for both characters, imagining their thoughts and feelings on the treatment of women by men.

Desdemona is an individual who willingly takes part in a marriage she knows will be viewed as unfavorable and is prepared to fight for it, as she has done when she spoke before the senate and her father, relating that what she sees in Othello isn’t the color of his skin, but his valor, honor and mind “My heart's subdu'd Even to the very quality of my lord; I saw Othello's visage in his mind, And to his honors and his valiant parts Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate." As such Desdemona is willing to accept the consequence of her decision (her father disowning her). Her love of Othello is constant throughout the play and her goodness is never doubted. However the irony being that the goodness she possesses leads to her own downfall, as she relentlessly attempts to fix the rift between Cassio and Othello, she provides the weapons to allow doubt fester in her husband’s mind, which is masterfully exploited by Iago. When she answered “Nobody, I myself. Farewell. / Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell” (Act 5, Scene 2).Her love and incorruptibility is shown in her willingness to take credit for her own murder, thus never blaming her husband for his deed. 2) Emilia marriage to Iago is a complete contrast to Desdemona and thus they both develop a sisterhood borne out of the troubles with their own marriages. Emilia is more cynical and bitter in terms at looking at love in general, she is aware of her husband’s lust for power and sees and lives with his misogynic treatment of her and women, yet is perfectly willing to please him by gratifying his hunger for power, giving him the final weapon for his revenge. However, after Desdemona’s murder, she proves to be a key figure in

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