Act 3 Scene 4 Of Othello

In my major performance of the Othello unit, I acted out act three, scene four of Othello, by William Shakespeare, as Othello. In the scene, Othello finds Desdemona, and questions her about the handkerchief he gave her when they fell in love. He becomes angry when he discovers she has lost it, and he storms out. I characterized Othello in my portrayal as a desperate, jealous man angry at his wife for possible cheating on him. To portray Othello to the audience, I wore a white dress shirt and dark pants to show that Othello was higher up in society as general of the army. When Othello enters the stage, Emilia and Desdemona are standing together, and Othello comes in and begins to question Desdemona directly. Othello’s part of the scene can be seen as an argument between the two characters, so I delivered my questioning lines at Desdemona.
As the play progresses, with the help of Iago, Othello shifts from a loving soldier to a jealous husband. In this scene, Othello becomes angry and yells at Desdemona for the first time in the entire play, and this is a result of the influence Iago has had on him. In this scene Othello is motivated to find the handkerchief that Desdemona supposedly gave to Cassio and to find any real proof that Desdemona is having an affair. Othello enters the scene upset, but trying to appear normal, as seen in his aside “O hardness to dissemble” (3.4.30). Throughout the scene Desdemona tries to change the topic to Cassio, avoiding the subject of Othello’s handkerchief, and he becomes increasingly angry, to the point of shouting and Desdemona repeatedly (3.4.88-95), until he finally violently storms off the stage. In the scene, Othello is pressuring Desdemona into admitting that she gave the handkerchief to