Beginning of Essay
The contrasting characters; Desdemona and Emilia, form an interesting and important relationship in the play Othello. Desdemona is very ‘sheltered’ from the ways of the world and Emilia is very ‘down to earth’ and ‘experienced’. ....

Middle of Essay
.... the tutor and Desdemona the student. Emilia is portrayed as Desdemona’s ‘teacher’ in the ways of the world/men. The relationship between Desdemona and Emilia is shown to be quite close, as the following quote from the play shows, Desdemona is willing to share a part of her past with Emilia; a song that one of her mothers maids (Barbary) sang to her mother, and then her mother sang to her, “The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, Sing all on a green willow. Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knees, sing willow, willow, willow” It is not common for a person to share songs from their childhood/past ....