Emilia:

Iago's wife and an attendant to Othello's wife, Desdemona.

She is clever and crafty.

3Emilia is a very strong character more liberal approach to life compared to Desdemona
- she is clearly not trusting of men.

She is the only character Iago cannot control or manipulate.

the naive victim of greed and suspicion.

She believes that men and women are basically the same and have the same desires and needs.

3 O thou dull Moor! 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 't. (V.II. 232-236)

The role of Emilia was so important :

At the beginning of the play Emilia appears to be a loyal companion to Desdemona.
Emilia gets Desdemona to reveal many of her personal feelings as well. They are good friends and Desdemona is very honest with her.

Then Emilia was Iago secret weapon to get his hands on Desdemona's handkerchief .

She gives the handkerchief dropped by Desdemona to Iago. Emilia is loyal to her husband, so she takes the handkerchief without question. She wants to please him, so she betrays Desdemona's confidence to steal the handkerchief.

Emilia also gives us insight to Iago. We see how he treats the women who are close to him. In the end, she lures the truth out of him and clarifies to the other characters what was going on.

She showed strong loyalty and bond towards Desdemona by denouncing Iago's lies.

explaining quote

3-She is a woman who has no problem discussing her willingness Here we can see Emilia defends Desdemona Emilia and tells Othello that Iago asked her to steal the handkerchief. As a result of disobeying her husband Iago in order to defend Desdemona, Emilia is killed.