Emilia (Othello) Emilia (Othello) Emilia is a character in the tragedy "Othello" by William Shakespeare. The character's origin is traced to the 1565 tale, "Un capitano Moro" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's "Gli Hecatommithi". There, the character is described as young and virtuous, is referred to simply as the ensign's wife, and becomes Desdemona's companion in Cyprus. In Shakespeare, she is named Emilia, is the wife of Othello's ensign, Iago, and is an attendant to Othello's wife, Desdemona. While considered a minor character in the drama, she has been portrayed by several notable actresses on film, with Joyce Redman receiving an Academy
Manservant and Maidservant Manservant and Maidservant Manservant and Maidservant is a 1947 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. It was published in the United States with the title "Bullivant and the Lambs." Whenever the author was asked which of her novels were her favorites, she always mentioned "Manservant and Maidservant" and "A House and Its Head." “"Manservant and Maidservant" is among the funniest and most surprising of Compton-Burnett's inventions. It focuses on the household of Horace Lamb, sadist, skinflint, and tyrant, a man whose children fear and hate him and whose wife is planning to elope <nowiki>[</nowiki>with Horace's cousin<nowiki>]</nowiki>. But it is when Horace undergoes