Othello opens in the stately city of Venice
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.
Othello reenters the room now, enraged by the situation and demands that Iago somehow produce
proof of Desdemona and Cassio’s affair. Iago, pressed so by Othello, produces a story in which
Cassio calls out Desdemona’s name in his sleep, kisses Iago, and embraces him. He then reiterates
that it was only a dream but offers more evidence in that he saw Cassio wipe his beard with the very
handkerchief that Othello gave Desdemona and that Iago just retrieved from his wife.
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