Watch the video, then answer the following questions. Post responses to your blog.
- What differences are there between Desdemona and Emilia?
- Why do you think Emilia does not mention the handkerchief to Desdemona? Use what you hear in the video, as well as your own ideas. Consider the relationship between Iago and Emilia, as well as the relationship between Desdemona and Emilia.
Thinking question:
“Desdemona is presented in the play as a sexual subject who
hears and desires, and that desire is punished because the non-specular or
non-phallic sexuality it displays is frightening and dangerous.”
Karen Newman: Femininity and the monstrous in Othello.
To what extent do you agree with this view? Discuss and
write down your ideas - post to your blog. Be ready to feedback.
HINT: Non-specular = not reflective; different. (Consider, not reflective of what? Different to what?)
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