May his pernicious soul
Rot half a grain a day!

– William Shakespeare

Othello, Act 5, Scene 2. The truth finally strikes Emilia about her evil husband Iago. She realizes that he has been filling Othello’s head with lies about Desdemona that led to him murdering his innocent wife. Emila emerges as an important truth teller and woman of integrity, even at the cost of her own life, as she ends up being killed by her husband.