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Othello · Act IV

The Humiliation and the Willow Song

LoveHonor and ReputationJealousyPrejudiceTruth and Lies

Scenes in this act

  1. Scene I The Fit, the Theater and the Slap

    In Cyprus, Iago speaks to Othello of secret kisses, of a woman who spends an hour naked in bed with a friend "without harm", and of the handkerchief, and says that Cassio has been saying he was "lying".

  2. Scene II The Bedchamber Interrogation and Roderigo

    Othello questions Emilia: he asks whether she saw Cassio and Desdemona together, whether they whispered, whether Desdemona sent her away.

  3. Scene III The Willow Song

    After dinner with Lodovico, Othello goes out to accompany him, and first he tells Desdemona to go to bed at once and dismiss Emilia, her attendant, because he will return soon.

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