Today’s Totally Random
Line(s)
Be
not acknown on’t; I have use for it.
Go,
leave me.
-Iago
Othello Act III, Scene iii, Line 319
Now, knowing what
we know about this play, what do you suppose is the it that Iago
is referring to as he talks to Emelia here? Well? Of course: it’s that stupid
handkerchief! Yes, that’s right, the hanky that Othello originally gave to
Desdemona, and the hanky that Iago is going to get into the
hands of Michael Cassio in order to prove to Othello that his wife is having an
affair. Yes, that hanky!
Jeez, how did you
not know that?
Here's a pic of what has pretty much replaced hankies in today's world. But it would be pretty hard to imagine Othello giving a special box of kleenex to Desdemona. And can you imagine that scene yet to come, where Othello keeps repeating The handkerchief! I think it would lose a little cache if he were yelling The box of kleenex damnit, the box of kleenex! It's just not the same.
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