In Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, Emilia expresses her underappreciated intelligence to prove others' beliefs against her. Unlike the other women in the book, Emilia understands men and their thoughts; therefore he shows no shame in defending what he believes in. Emilia unexpectedly ruins her husband's plan, which suddenly alters the outcome of the story. Emilia undoubtedly intelligent everyone, including her brilliant husband, Iago, but little does he know that his faithful wife surprisingly ruins his plan. Gaining his trust, Emilia soon realizes Iago's conniving plan and ultimately uses it against him. Considering that Iago has no idea what Emilia knows about his plan, he ignores her underestimated intelligence. To gain Iago's trust, Emilia obeys every order he asks her to follow. For example, as part of Iago's plan, he needs to get hold of Desdemona's beloved handkerchief, which he will soon use against her. Emilia finds the wanted handkerchief, but instead of returning it to her mistress, she gives it to her devious husband. When Emilia finds the handkerchief she states: "I am happy to have found this napkin, this was her first memory from the Moro. My rebellious husband has had it a hundred times." (Shakespeare III: iii, 335-336). Emilia clearly wants to please her husband, so she obeys all his orders just to avoid problems with him. Emilia demonstrates her underrated intelligence by telling everyone about Iago's plan to ruin Othello and Desdemona's wedding. Iago is unaware that Emilia knows everything and is totally shocked when she tells everyone. Unraveling Iago's plan not only makes her the heroine of the story, but also allows her to demonstrate her underrated intelligence. As a result of his action, ...... middle of paper ......en. Iago uses Emilia to take Desdemona's handkerchief. Without a doubt, people underestimate Emilia's intelligence, and she proves everyone wrong about the stereotype about women and their knowledge. To conclude, Emilia not only proves everyone's beliefs against her wrong, but also demonstrates everything she is capable of. Emilia expresses her unsuspected intelligence to demonstrate others' beliefs about her and others. He just wants people to see his true self and wants to make things right even if it means getting himself killed. Despite all her flaws and flaws, Emilia's intelligence has a great impact on all the characters in the story. Works Cited Bloom, Harold, ed. Bloom's notes. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. Print.Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare The invention of man. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998. Print.