The Character of Emilia in OthelloEmilia is one of the few simple people in Shakespeare's Othello. Emilia is taciturn. When we first meet her in Cyprus, after her contemptuously condescending remark about the suffering of her tongue, and Desdemona's reply that she "speaks not", Iago must admit that she "puts her tongue a little in her heart and scolds in thinking" . In the scene of lighthearted banter that follows, Emilia manages to utter two words. He only truly finds his voice when ignited by indignation as when Iago confirms that Desdemona has been called a whore, and even then most of his utterances or short sentences. Even when he really gets busy, criticizing Othello after discovering the murder, most of what he says consists of sentences half a line or less long. We also know that he is happy to deliver good news but has the misfortune of not being happy. listened to (Cassandra?). After Othello's ignominious dismissal of Cassio, Iago orders Emilia to reunite Cassio and Desdemona with the ostensible purpose of persuading her to plead his case. Emilia instead lets Cassio know that Desdemona and Othello have discussed the matter, and that Othello has explained why he had to demote him, that she has not lost faith in him, "but protests that she loves you and needs no other suitor than his". pleases* to take the safest opportunity in front of the front to bring you back here." Clear enough: don't insist, Cassius. Let nature take its course. But listen? Rather than rejoice at this good news and go home to sleep a little, she proceeds to become entangled in Iago's web. When Othello questions Emilia about Desdemona she gives frank answers. I assume she expects to be believed. Her outburst when Othello justifies the murder on the basis of Desdemona's alleged adultery with Cassio is surely an expression of her indignation that Othello did not believe her simple fact-based answers She understands male psychology She was able to handle her husband's suspicions about her own faithfulness well enough to make the their marriage remained stable. She could therefore be forgiven for thinking that Othello's jealousy was normal and that he would get over it if her husband did like jokes designed to cheer up the discouraged friend, with a little moralism against excesses of speech (".