... her own desire to please Iago against Othello rather than her knowledge of the import the handkerchief holds for Desdemona. "I am glad I have found this napkin, This was her first remembrance from the Moor My wayward husband hath a hundred times Wooed me to steal it, but she so loves the token" (III.iii 294). Based on Emilia's utterance, she claims to be "glad " to have found ... of handkerchief would turn in good result of Iago's appreciation once. "I nothing but to please his fantasy, " she said and she does so" ( III.iii 157). But Iago grabs the handkerchief and tells her to go away,...

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... . Iago persuades Cassio to try and gain Desdemona's favor as a step to regaining Othello's; he then reveals to the audience his intention to 'turn her virtue into pitch/ And out of her own goodness make the net/ That shall enmesh them all (II.iii). Act III While Desdemona is listening to Cassio's pleas for her to intercede with Othello, Iago is beginning to insinuate ... to the Moor the possibility of hi wife's infidelity; doubts are cast on Cassio's honesty, and the looseness of Venetian women is cited. A stroke of luck enables ... Iago to intensify the attack: Desdemona drops a handke...

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... his fellow soldiers became suspicious of him, even his fellow commander Banquo feared, "Thou play'dst most foully for't" (III,i,3). When Macbeth began to trust the witches and not even converse with his wife, Macbeth started to lose the trust of his nation, dooming him for failure. Another reason as to why both their relationship and political power was doomed is ... his country was less of a concern to him than the prophecies and holding absolute power. He was so brainwashed into becoming the only ruler, he took fate into his own hands so Banquo's sons would not become Kings, "Rather t...

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