"I will so. What's the matter? / That handkerchief / Which I so loved, and gave thee, thou gav'st to / Cassio. / No, by my life and soul! Send for the man / And ask him. / Sweet soul, take heed, take heed of perjury. / Thou art on thy deathbed" (5.2.57-64)
Othello has entered his chamber to find Desdemona sleeping; now that Cassio is "dead" it is time to kill her. When she awakens, she asks what's wrong. He replies that she gave Cassio the handkerchief he gave her. She says she never did and Cassio can say the same. Othello replies that she is lying on her deathbed. The biggest problem with Othello is that he does not listen to reason: whenever Desdemona tries to defend herself, he replies back that she lies. She says to get Cassio and he'll say the same a few times in the play, and not once does Othello do so; instead, he continues to listen to Iago and never once does he think to reason with Desdemona. Honestly, I think Othello is one of the worst characters I've ever heard of, made worse from the fact that he seemed so badass in the beginning.
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