Othello opens in the stately city of Venice
and begins to plant small, indiscriminant thoughts of adultery in Othello’s mind, pretending to be
reluctant to answer questions and being very circuitous.
Othello begins to show his own doubts, declaring Desdemona does not love him any more and that
maybe her father was right in that her love for him was unnatural and unhealthy, that he was not
good for her. After Iago leaves, he contemplates further the implications, how his wife might already
be besot with another man and the choice he would need to make, to clear her from his heart. He
tries to push those thoughts away.
When Desdemona reappears, Othello is distant and quiet, looking for signs of her unfaithfulness. He
brushes aside her handkerchief when tries to sooth the pain in his head and the two soon leave for
dinner. Emilia retrieves the handkerchief which Iago has asked her to steal many times. When he
arrives, he takes it from her happily and sends her away.
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