 Studying Othello? Here's how you can analyse the first half of Act 5 Scene 2. This final climactic scene reveals Othello, finally entering his bedroom at night, and he approaches Desdemona. He speaks using Iron Bit Pentameter, rationalising that he must kill Desdemona, otherwise she's going to betray and cockle more men. Othello calls Desdemona a rose, in other words a beautiful object that must be let to wither, in other words he seems resolved in killing her. Stay Directions show Othello kissing her, and this leads Desdemona to wake up. Desdemona is blissfully unaware of what he's about to do, she's really happy to see him and she invites him to bed. However, Othello asks her to pray and repent her sins before he does anything further. Othello then speaks using Celestial language to say that he doesn't want to kill Desdemona's spirit. He will kill her body, however he doesn't want her spirit to go to hell unless she prays and repents all her sins. This leads Desdemona to grow frantic once she realises that Othello is going to murder her, she still does not know why he's going to do this to her. Desdemona speaks using Cesura as well as alliteration to say that she has no guilt, she's not done anything bad, however she feels intense fear of what Othello is about to do to her. Othello finally unveils why he's going to murder her, he reminds Desdemona of the handkerchief he gifted to her, which was found on Casio. This is her sign of infidelity which she can't even defend herself against. Desdemona is horrified to realise Othello's accusation, she cries out in this hyperbole saying that she is honest and guiltless and she pleads with him to call for Casio so that Casio can clear everything up. Othello ignores her, he speaks using alliteration to tell her that their marriage bed will now be her death bed. As Desdemona grows even more frantic she begs Othello using an imperative sentence to call for Casio, however Othello says that Casio has already confessed. You can see here that the word of Desdemona is viewed less valuable than the word of Iago. Here we can see that there's a huge difference in the way men in society were treated as opposed to women who were still seen as a husband's property. Once Othello also tells Desdemona that Casio has been killed, Desdemona is horrified. She speaks using these verbs to say that this has been completely dishonest and unfair and Othello witnessing her crying asks this rhetorical question showing that he grows even more enraged that Desdemona feels bad that Casio has been killed. Desdemona continues to beg for her life however the stage directions show that Othello proceeds to suffocate her with a pillow. Amelia then arrives with urgent news for Othello and she stands outside their bedroom door crying out in these exclamatory sentences asking to come in. As he listens to Amelia repeatedly cry out to be admitted Othello speaks in this simple sentence when he realizes that Desdemona has died. Othello clearly seems conflicted yet justified in having murdered Desdemona. These stage directions then reveal that he finally decides to let Amelia enter the bedroom. Amelia then informs him that Casio killed Rodrigo and Othello grows really disappointed when he realizes Casio is alive. As they're speaking Desdemona finally cries out that she's guiltless and the stage directions show she dies.