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- Growing frightened, Desdemona asks her husband why he means to kill her, and Othello responds that she has been unfaithful to him with Cassio—he has seen the proof in the handkerchief. Othello refuses to believe Desdemona’s denial of the charge, saying that Cassio has confessed but will speak no more, since he has been killed by Iago.
www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/section9/Othello Act V: Scenes i & ii Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes
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Now that Cassio will be spending time with Desdemona, Iago will find it all the easier to convince Othello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, thus turning Desdemona’s virtue to “pitch” (II.iii. 234).
Alone with Othello, Iago begins his insinuations of an affair between Cassio and Desdemona by reminding Othello that Cassio served as Othello and Desdemona’s go-between during their courtship. Othello asks Iago whether he believes Cassio to be honest, and Iago feigns reluctance to answer.
This is the first time we've heard that Cassio helped bring Othello and Desdemona together, but there's no reason to doubt it. After Desdemona has gotten Othello to agree to talk with Cassio, Iago asks Othello, "Did Michael Cassio, when you woo'd my lady, / Know of your love?"
Quick answer: Iago thinks that Emilia has slept with both Othello and Cassio because he is bitter, insecure, and constantly suspicious. Believing that his wife has been cheating on him with...
Iago succeeds in making Othello believe that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. Exit Iago. As he tries to think things over, Othello's jealousy grows stronger. Re-enter Desdemona and Emilia. Desdemona comes to call Othello to dinner.
Jul 31, 2015 · Act 2, scene 3. Iago gets Cassio drunk, making it easy for Roderigo to provoke Cassio into a brawl, first with Roderigo, then with Montano, whom he wounds. Othello, called from his bed by the noise, stops the brawl and strips Cassio of his lieutenancy.
Iago then makes a show of saying that his suspicions must be wrong because Cassio seems so honest, but in the process plants the idea of an affair between Cassio and Desdemona in Othello's mind. Othello's exasperation with Iago's further supports that Othello has already become suspicious.
