Above suspicion 1995 courtroom scene
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This scene, often called the "temptation scene," is the most important scene in the entire play and one of the most well-known scenes in all drama.
#ABOVE SUSPICION 1995 COURTROOM SCENE HOW TO#
Othello wants Cassio dead, Iago agrees to do it, and then Othello wonders how to kill Desdemona. Now he swears action, and Iago swears to help him. Certainty has freed his mind from doubt and confusion. Othello dismisses love and calls for vengeance. Iago tells Othello that he has seen Cassio wipe his brow with a handkerchief embroidered with strawberries Othello recognizes this handkerchief as the one he gave to Desdemona. Cornered, Iago produces the dream story: Cassio spoke in his sleep, embraced him, called him Desdemona, and cursed the Moor. Othello then turns on Iago with savage intensity and demands to see the proof of Desdemona's infidelity. His speech is fevered, sweeping and frantic he believes that his wife has been unfaithful to him. When Othello enters, Iago sees that Othello cannot regain his peace of mind. Emilia decides to have a copy made to give to Iago, but he enters, sees the handkerchief, and snatches it from her. They go in to dinner, and Emilia picks up the fallen handkerchief, one that her husband, Iago, often urged her to steal from Desdemona. When Desdemona re-enters, Othello's aspect is changed he watches her intently, looking for signs, and brushes away her handkerchief when she seeks to sooth him. He tries to tell himself that it is not true. Iago leaves, and Othello contemplates his situation: He could be tricked, married to a woman who is already looking at other men, and he fears that he must wipe her out of his heart. Othello voices his old fears that Brabantio was right, that it was unnatural for Desdemona to love him, that he was too horrible to be loved, and that it could not last. In his denial, he shows himself most vulnerable. In a conversation with Iago, in which Iago continues to imply that he knows something that he refuses to divulge, Othello denies that he would give himself over to jealousy. Desdemona speaks of Cassio, and Othello, to please her, agrees to see him, but he is distracted by his private thoughts.
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Iago seizes the opportunity to make an undermining comment - "Ha, I like not that" - that rankles in Othello's mind. When Othello and Iago enter, Cassio, who is embarrassed because of his antics the previous night, embraces Desdemona and departs. She promises to speak of him with her husband repeatedly until the quarrel is patched up and Cassio is recalled. Desdemona willingly agrees, knowing that Cassio is an old friend of Othello's. Cassio speaks to Desdemona, asking her to intercede with Othello on his behalf.