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Othello and Desdemona At this point in the play, Desdemona has promised Cassio that she will pursue his cause, and begins to pressurise Othello to reinstate him. Iago cleverly suggests the idea of Cassio and Desdemona’s affair, causing Othello to ask for Emilia to spy upon Desdemona. It is here Emilia gives the handkerchief to.