Sacrifice In Emilia's Speech

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The presentation of moral courage leads Emilia’s Speech and Felix’s actions to challenge the social and religious morality of their time. For instance, Emilia’s Speech establishes her cynicism towards men as Shakespeare’s lexical choice of ‘would not’ demonstrates that without the contraction displayed, it highlights Emilia willingly not to ‘marry.’ Therefore, her courage to challenge the social and religious morality of her time establishes that she disobeys with the main principle that “Wives submit/to husbands/the Lord” knowing that marriage is an obligation and her refusal demonstrates that she has “sense like the men.” This is evident as compared to the “Fair” Desdemona who does ‘displease’ men it establishes that she has respect and …show more content…

This is evident when Iago suspects himself a cuckold as “twixt my sheets” demonstrates Emilia’s supposedly unfaithfulness as she slept with Othello establishing that death is her ultimate consequence. Conversely, in Frankenstein, Felix’s actions leads him to further challenge social/religious morality as his courage to help Safie’s dad escape form the death penalty results in his family ‘thrown/into a noisome dungeon .’ According to Levine magazine , it states that Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a ‘world without God’ , which is evident when we see Felix not even questioning his morals, he just quickly helps Safie’s dad because he is in love, Christianity preaches “love is the fulfilment of the law” . Establishing that their love is condemned rather than prohibited and that his family do not blame him for his actions which reinforces a world that is changing and not strictly religious or ultimately judgemental on actions. Shelley’s lexical choice of the verb ‘thrown’ indicates how quickly the Delancey’s authority has …show more content…

For instance, when Othello refers to his crew as ‘men of royal siege’ it establishes that he takes pride in his work and that he balances being a lover towards Desdemona and a solider to his men. This is further emphasized when the audience learns about Othello’s background where he has done “three several quests” and how Brabantio is contradictive as he acknowledges Othello’s tale of war in North Africa as bravery and a ‘tale’ that would win his ‘daughter too.’ However, his siliquouy at the end of the play establishes the damage that he has done to Desdemona and everyone surrounding her, the metaphorical reference to the Indian who threw his ‘pearl’ away. Establishes that Shakespeare has used a delicate and rich object to refer to Desdemona, and the past tense of ‘threw’ demonstrates that it is too late to make amends. Therefore, by Othello understanding that he must regain his authority as his “occupation gone” demonstrates that his actions do not necessarily challenge his morality in that time as he learns from his mistakes with death. Whereas, in Frankenstein what morality does the creature have? no matter whatever he does his appearance would always overrule his personality. For instance, as he helps the young girl drowning in the

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