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The handkerchief, a gift to Desdemona from Othello, symbolizes so much more than a mere token of affection. To Othello, the handkerchief symbolizes fidelity and his giving it to Desdemona represents a promise that he will be true to her, and a request that she stay true to him.

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In European medieval and renaissance love poetry, the handkerchief is typically a symbol for a woman's romantic favor. For instance, there was a particular ritual in which a lady would drop her handkerchief for a knight to pick up and keep as a token of her regard.

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Othello reenters and, now tormented by jealousy, threatens Iago with death unless he provides proof of Desdemona's infidelity.Iago alleges that Cassio one night talked in his sleep about making love to Desdemona and that Cassio once wiped his beard with the lost handkerchief. Othello is convinced by this "proof" and vows to kill Desdemona.

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Summary: Act III, scene i In an effort to win Othello 's good graces, Cassio sends musicians to play music beneath the general's window. Othello sends his servant, a clown, to tell the musicians to go away. Cassio asks the clown to entreat Emilia to come speak with him, so that he can ask her for access to Desdemona.

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Analysis The handkerchief © iStock/MariaBrzostowska The handkerchief plays an important role in this scene. In Desdemona's hands it is a symbol of love and faithfulness. Desdemona offers to bind Othello's aching head with it, showing wifely concern.

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Making use of a handkerchief belonging to Desdemona and found by Emilia when Othello has unwittingly dropped it, Iago persuades Othello that Desdemona has given the handkerchief to Cassio as a love token.Iago also induces Othello to eavesdrop on a conversation between himself and Cassio that is in fact about Cassio's mistress, Bianca, but which Othello is led to believe concerns Cassio's.

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The Motif of The Handkerchief in Othello An annotated list of relevant passages. We see the handkerchief before we hear about it. After Iago has planted strong suspicions in Othello's mind, Desdemona appears to call Othello to dinner. He is so choked up that Desdemona can barely hear him speak.

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Othello pushes the handkerchief away and it drops to the floor, where Emilia finds it and hands it to her husband, Iago, who has been eager to obtain it. An agitated Othello returns and demands that Iago give him proof of Desdemona's unfaithfulness. Iago tells Othello that, once, when he shared a bedroom with Cassio, he overheard him plotting.

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Jump to line Act 3, scene 4 Scene 4 Synopsis: Desdemona, still actively seeking to have Cassio reinstated, is worried about the loss of her handkerchief. Her anxiety about it increases when Othello asks her for it and then sternly rebukes her when she cannot produce it.

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Act III, scene iv assumes the bizarre shape of a perverted trial. From the moment he enters, Othello plays the role of the prosecutor, demanding that Desdemona produce the handkerchief and accusing her of being a whore. Instead of defending herself against her husband's accusations, Desdemona responds by advocating Cassio's case, appealing.

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A night of celebration is proclaimed. Roderigo confesses doubts about his potential to woo Desdemona, but Iago assures him that there is hope. He urges Roderigo to challenge Cassio to a duel that night, since (as Iago claims) Desdemona is actually falling in love with him.

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Othello identifies himself firmly with Christian culture, yet his belief in fate and the charmed handkerchief suggest ties to a pagan heritage. Despite the fact that his Christianity seems slightly ambiguous, however, Shakespeare repeatedly casts Othello as Christ and Iago as Judas (or, ironically, as Peter).

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The handkerchief is symbolic in many ways and is used throughout the play to symbolize love, loyalty, and the interdependent shift of Othello's sanity and Desdemona's safety. Used as a pawn in.

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The handkerchief plays a major role in the play. It is probably the most crucial evidence to prove Iago's claim that Desdemona and Cassio, Othello 's lieutenant, are having an affair.

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OTHELLO. That's a fault. That handkerchief Did an Egyptian to my mother give, She was a charmer and could almost read The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but if she lost it Or made gift of it, my father's eye Should hold her loathèd and his spirits should hunt After new fancies.

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Othello is convinced that Cassio was laughing about his affair with Desdemona, that she gave him the handkerchief 'and he hath given it his whore'. Othello is determined to kill Desdemona that night, saying 'I will chop her into messes' and Iago suggests 'strangle her in her bed - even the bed she hath contaminated'.