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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.
- The Song "Willow"
Othello has just ordered Desdemona to bed, and to please and...
- Act III, Scene IV
Othello’s mother gave him the magic handkerchief on her...
- The Song "Willow"
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.
The handkerchief that Othello gives Desdemona is, similarly, a love-token and therefore a symbol of their love. But the handkerchief, which originally belonged to an Egyptian sorcerer, also comes to symbolize the illusions that Iago is "casting" through his plotting and subterfuge.
In Shakespeare's Othello, the handkerchief Othello gives Desdemona symbolizes love and fidelity but becomes a tool of manipulation by Iago. Initially a token of Othello's...
OTHELLO : Fetch't, let me see't. DESDEMONA : Why, so I can, sir, but I will not now. This is a trick to put me from my suit: Pray you, let Cassio be received again. OTHELLO : Fetch me the handkerchief: my mind misgives. DESDEMONA : Come, come; 90 : You'll never meet a more sufficient man. OTHELLO : The handkerchief! DESDEMONA : I pray, talk me ...
Othello’s mother gave him the magic handkerchief on her deathbed, instructing him to give it to the woman he desired to marry. Desdemona is unsettled by the story and says that she has the handkerchief, but not with her. Othello does not believe her.
OTHELLO [To DESDEMONA] I kissed you before I killed you. Now that I am killing myself, I must die with a kiss.
