"A likely piece of work, that you should find it in your chamber and not know who left it there! This is some minx's token, and I must take out the work? There, give it your hobbyhorse. Wheresoever, you had it, I'll take out no work on't." Page 1432, Act IV, scene i, lines 143-146
This quote bring the hankerchief into the story. Throughout the work, the hankerchief is involved with the supposed affair. Everyone has their opinions as to who has it and how they have it. Othello sees it as proof of Desdemona's affair. Iago sees it as a tool to get things to happen the way he wants. The hankerchief is also the piece of the puzzle that helps Emilia piece together everything that has unfolded in Act V. Once Othello tells Emilia that Iago's hunch was proven with the handkerchief, she is able to make the connection that Iago planned everything out. I also think that the connection is a bit of a symbol of the whole scheme becuase it is present or mentioned with pretty much every step of Iago's plan. It is as if it is a way for us to keep up with what point in Iago's plan we are reading.
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