Emilia is one of the few straightforward people in the Shakespeare's Othello. Emilia is taciturn. When we first meet her in Cyprus, after his throwaway condescending remark about suffering her tongue, and Desdemona's rejoinder that "she has no speech", Iago has to admit that "she puts her tongue a little in her heart and chides with thinking". In the scene of light hearted banter that follows Emilia manages to utter two words. She really only …showed first 75 words of 774 total…

…showed last 75 words of 774 total…s attention for the length of the next scene.) I continue to be amazed at Shakespeare. If he reworked themes and plots he did so like a Japanese sword maker who beats the white hot iron flat, folds it lengthwise, bathes it once more in the hot charcoal and repeats the procedure time and time again, ending up with and instrument of extreme strength and flexibility and with an edge that will last for centuries.