Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare
7. How does Emilia prove to be a dynamic character?
DYNAMIC CHARACTER: is one who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action.
Emilia FINALLY stands up for herself. She has such a turnaround that I found myself cheering her on towards the end of Act V. She comest to the realization that her husband was the guy who planted all of the seeds and caused the death of Desdemona (He will soon cause the death of herself and Othello indirectly). You can sort of see her putting everything together and putting the puzzle pieces in place with the different pieces of information coming forth. She pretty much calls out Iago. One thing Emilia says, "That handkerchief thou speak'st of I found by fortune and did give my husband, For often with a solemn earnestness, More than indeed belonged to such a trifle, He begged of me to steal it" (V.ii.224-228). She is calling him out and you can kind of hear Iago being like "shutup shutup shut up!". You know thats what is going on in his head when she won't be quiet. She finally stands up for herself though and I was proud. You go girl. She changes from a passive and submissive wife, to a free and disobedient woman who won't take any more crap from her jerk husband.
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