minimal verbal interaction and to represent the high-class romantic women. From this Shakespeare will take a man's jealous nature and twist it into a motive. Equality? No, but it common of this era and it suites Shakespeare's purpose in this play. The man is the head of the family? In Shakespeare's time, yes. Not only is Othello the head of the family, but he also has his own views of women. He makes this pretty clear with his conversation with Iago, where Iago is speaking of his wife's little escapades with Cassio. To this Othello response "And yet, how nature erring from itself-"(Act 3, Scene 3, Line 227). Meaning that because she is a woman, she can not resist herself from temptation. Then later when his jealousy is a rage he slaps his wife then gives a speech, which explains how his wife obeys his every whim. "Ay! You did wish that I would make her turn.Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on And turn again; and she can weep, sir, weep;And she's obedient; as you say, obedient.Very obedient. Proceed you in your tears.Concerning this, sir-O well-painted passion!I am commanded home. –Get you away;I'll send for you anon.-Sir, I obey the mandateAnd will return to Venice.-Hence, avaunt!" (Act 4, Scene 1, lines 252-260)This must be one of most Chauvinistic comment of the entire play. This sums up the entire Othello opinion that starts off hidden at the beginning of the play, but emerges under anger. Thank God society has evolved above such opinions as that of Othello's. The stereotypes of women's positions in this society were not stopped by the boundaries of economic class. Emilia is a perfect example of this. She is a hard working middle class woman, who still bears the burden of her husband's sexiest attitude. She believes that the purpose of a women is to strengthen her husband, through any means necessary. She gives an example of this when she says:"Why, whowould not make her husband a cuckold to ma...
