Summary: Act Three Scene Four

Setting : Before the castle
Characters involved : Desdemona, Emilia, Clown, Othello, Iago, Cassio, Bianca.

The scene opened when Desdemona asked the clown where her husband was and only then she realized that she had lost her favourite handkerchief. When Othello approaches her, he asked her for her missing handkerchief and she did not manage to give him an answer. When Othello left, Iago and Cassio came in; Iago then asked her if Othello was mad at her and he too left. Emilia and Desdemona discussed about Othello's personality precisely regarding his jealousy. Then, Bianca comes in to meet Cassio, he gave her the handkerchief of Desdemona which he found in his chamber, and insisted her to make a copy of it as the design is nice. The scene ended when he became angry at Bianca as she assumed that he got the handkerchief from some other woman. However, Bianca was not disturbed and left with it.

"Lend me thy handkerchief"
"Here my lord"
"That which I gave you"
"I have it not about me" -p127

Source : The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare

Summary: Act Three Scene Three

Setting : Garden of the castle
Characters involved : Desdemona, Cassio, Emilia, Iago and Othello.

The act begins with Desdemona was convincing Cassio that she will help him out with his problems by persuading Othello. However, when Iago walks in with Othello, Cassio leaves; therefore it created suspicion in Othello regarding Desdemona's infidelity. Othello puts off the conversation with Desdemona when she was seem to pushing him a lot into accepting Cassio back. When Desdemona leaves with Emilia, Iago tried to poison Othello's mind regarding Desdemona & Cassio's affair, thus created jealousy in Othello. When Othello approached Desdemona, she offered to massage his hand with the handkerchief he had given her as a token of love in their first meeting. However, he refused and Desdemona dropped the handkerchief there and walks with him inside. Just to please Iago, Emilia who was by chance standing there, stole the handkerchief for him. Iago then took it and placed the handkerchief in Cassio's room and makes Othello to watch it himself as a proof of infidelity. It was the moment when Othello had just gained the trust in his lady love, when Iago comes in and shook his mind off once again. Iago came up with another story that he slept with Cassio when he heard Cassio was expressing his love and lust towards Desdemona in his dreams. He also mentioned that Cassio wiped his beard with Desdemona's handkerchief. The scene ended by Othello being in rage and told Iago to kill Cassio within 3 days time and claims that he will offer Iago the post Cassio was having then.

"Let me but bind your head, within his hour, It will be well again"
"Your napkin is too little" (She drops her handkerchief)
"Let it alone, come, I'll go in with you" - p111

Source : The Arden Edition of Works of William Shakespeare.