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Questions:
1. How do Othello's feelings change toward Desdemona during the scene? What causes those changes?
2. Why does Emilia give lago the lost handkerchief? Did this action surprise you? Why or why not? What do her words and actions reveal about her relationship with her husband, lago?
3. Identify and explain two examples of irony found in Act III, Scene 3.
4. How does lago use Othello's racial differences against him? Act 3, Scene 4 Summary: In this scene, Desdmona is still actively seeking to have Cassio reinstated, but she is also worried about the loss of her handkerchief. Her anxiety about it increases when Othello asks her for it and then sternly rebukes her when she cannot produce it. Cassio approaches her, but she must now, because of Othello's anger, postpone her efforts on his behalf. AS Cassio waits, Bianca, his lover, appears. Cassio has found Desdemona's handkerchief in his room (placed there by lago), and he asks Bianca to copy the handkerchief's embroidery work for him.
5. What is the probable effect of Othello's repetition of "the handkerchief (103-114) on Desdemona? On Emilia? On us as the audience?
6. Where did you encounter challenges with understanding the play in Act 3 (watching or reading)?
7. Do you need to adjust your reading/understanding/processes? If so, how?