... his title to Othello, making him suspect a secret union. Lastly, Iago plants a handkerchief in Cassius' room, a distinguishable "handkerchief spotted with strawberries- from Othello to his wife, that gives Othello the final evidence he needs to conclude that his wife is having an affair. Othello becomes so enraged with jealousy that he even falls into a fit of epilepsy. Othello is so distraught ... . Iago planned the downfall of Othello and Cassius, because Othello did not promote Iago, but promoted Cassius. At the end of the first act, Iago says in a soliloquy, "I hate the Moor-, and he...

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