 Studying Othello? Here's how you can analyze the first half of that 14-1. The scene opens with Othello and Iago speaking. We can see here that Othello is still obsessively thinking about Desdemona and whether she's being unfaithful to him. Quickly see that Iago is masterful at manipulation. He uses reverse psychology when speaking of the handkerchief, seemingly innocently. He speaks using repetition to say that if you were to give Amelia a gift of a handkerchief, it's up to Amelia to do whatever she wants to give it away to another man, then that's absolutely fine. Othello is disgusted by this idea. He speaks in alliteration to say that if she were to give away her handkerchief, that's basically giving away her honor as a wife. Iago then pretends to confide in Othello. He asks him this question basically saying that he has seen Casio doing something wrong. Othello is overwhelmed with jealousy. He begs Iago to reveal to him what Casio has said. Iago then replies in this minor sentence to reveal that Desdemona and Casio are basically sleeping together. Iago reinforces his suspicion using repetition as well as alliteration. This confession proves too much for Othello. He cries out in these exclamatory sentences basically berating himself for not spotting Desdemona's infidelity. Othello increasingly grows incoherent and repetitive when he's speaking. We can see here that he's becoming more and more crazy and incoherent as he reflects on Desdemona's unfaithfulness. This becomes too much for him to handle and these stage directions show that Othello then has an epileptic seizure. Iago is delighted as he sees Othello having this seizure. He speaks using this metaphor to show that he's so pleased to see Othello losing consciousness. Iago then pretends to cry out in fear and panic as he's witnessing Othello having a seizure. Casio quickly enters and he seems really worried as he's watching Othello having his epileptic seizure. Casio tries to do something about it, however Iago tells him that it's better to leave him as he's having his seizure, otherwise it's just going to make it worse. Iago then instructs Casio to leave as it will be better for him to do so and these stage directions show that Casio does this to him and he leaves. Othello finally regains consciousness and he asks this question to reconfirm with Iago that Casio and Desdemona did sleep together. Iago grows quite direct and rude when speaking to Othello. He uses language that belongs to the semantic field of evil and hell to reinforce to Othello that Desdemona is definitely cheating on him. Iago then tells Othello that he's going to prove Casio is sleeping with Desdemona. He speaks using Cesaro hair to basically say that Casio is nearby and he advises Othello to hide whilst he calls Casio and talks to him about Desdemona. The stage directions show that Othello decides to hide himself with an airshot of them and Iago tells us the audience that he's going to ask Casio a series of questions about Bianca. We can see here he's been really cunning and he's going to ask Casio about Bianca without mentioning her name and this is going to make Othello even more jealous as he's going to believe that they're talking about Desdemona.