 Studying Othello? Here's how you can analyze the first half about 3s and 4s. The scene opens with Desdemona searching for Cassio. She wants to tell him the good news that she's tried to speak on his behalf to Othello. Once Desdemona sends the clown off to fetch Cassio we can see in this question that she addresses to Amelia that she's worried she's lost her handkerchief. This is the handkerchief that Othello gave to her as a gift. Yet Amelia, her lady in waiting, lies. She speaks using Cesaro here to say that she's not seen where this handkerchief is, even if she's the one that gave it to Iago. Desdemona further confides in Amelia and she speaks here using iBitPotameter basically saying that she's really worried if Othello figures out that she doesn't have his handkerchief, the one that he gave it to her as a present. He's going to grow really jealous. Of course this foreshadows Othello's eventual jealousy. Amelia responds using a clipped simple sentence. We can see here that she's probably having an internal struggle as to whether to tell Desdemona the truth that her husband has a handkerchief or to keep up the charade. Yet Desdemona speaks using personification here to tell Amelia and to reassure her that Othello cannot possibly be too jealous. He's actually a really good person at heart. As they're speaking we can see here in the state directions that Othello enters in a rush. Othello seems quite brash and rude. He speaks to her in this imperative sentence asking for a hand and he says that it's moist. Remember that a hand symbolises her faithfulness and he's basically starting to hint that she's maybe unfaithful. When Desdemona gives him her hand, Othello observes that it's hot hot. He speaks using repetition to hint even more strongly that he thinks she's being unfaithful to him. Yet Desdemona attempts to reassure him and she speaks using iambit pentameter to tell Othello that this same hand is the hand that she gave to him and she is trying here to reassure him that she's perfectly faithful to him. She then speaks using this declarative sentence informing Othello that Casio is coming over to speak to him about his job. We can see here that Desdemona is making missteps and mistakes that she doesn't even realise she's doing. Othello decides to test Desdemona. He speaks using sibilance as well as this imperative sentence saying that he's got a cold and he needs Desdemona's handkerchief to help him. After trying to deflect at first Desdemona finally confesses that she does not have that handkerchief which he gave her as a present. Othello is furious. He speaks using alliteration to tell Desdemona that this handkerchief is special. It's not just any handkerchief, it's a handkerchief his mother was given by an Egyptian. The Egyptian told Othello's mother that if she were to ever lose this handkerchief his father would despise her. Othello is hinting that he now is starting to despise Desdemona. Desdemona is really worried about Othello's state of mind and she speaks using sibilance basically asking him why he's so angry and moody. Othello ignores her and he speaks in these exclamatory sentences showing he's growing more rash and more frenzied as he asks for the handkerchief. When she can't produce it he tells her to go away with this imperative sentence.