ACT 5 SCENE 2

Othello plans to kill Desdemona. He kisses her and when she wakes up, he tells her to prepare to die. Desdemona asks why and Othello tells her that he knows she's been unfaithful to him with Cassio and that he saw the handkerchief. Othello doesn't believe her when she says it never happened. Desdemona starts to cry for Cassio and it angers Othello even more. He succeeds in smothering her. Othello lets Emilia ina dn she tells him that Cassio killed Roderigo, but says Cassio is still alive. Desdemona tells Emilia that she wasn't murdered but committed suicide, and then dies. Othello admits to killing her and tells Emilia it was because of the affair. Graziano says that Barbantio is dead also. Othello still believes the affair. Iago can no longer keep the secret hidden and tries to silence Emilia with his sword. Emilia explains how she found the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. Iago ends up stabbing Emilia and she sings "Willow" as she dies. She explains to Othello how Desdemona did love him. Othello stabs Iago. Iago will no longer tell about him plans but they discover that Cassio found the handkerchief in his room.