Scenes in this act
- Scene I Musicians, the Clown and Cassio's Plea
Cassio pays musicians to greet the general at dawn, and a clown dismisses them with wit and money.
- Scene II Othello Goes Out to the Fortifications
Othello hands letters to Iago for the ship's captain and leaves with the gentlemen to inspect the fortifications of Cyprus.
- Scene III Iago tempts Othello
Desdemona promises Cassio, in front of Emilia, that she will plead for him with Othello until he is weary of it.
- Scene IV The Handkerchief Requested, the Handkerchief Denied
Desdemona sends the clown to look for Cassio and tell him that she spoke on his behalf to her husband.
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