Quote Response

Othello: "To fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor nothing?"
Emilia: "Never, my lord."
Othello: "That's strange." (Shakespeare 1011).

This scene is where Othello is basically interrogating Emilia as to whether or not she has seen anything going on between Cassius and Desdemona. I chose this portion of the scene because it seems as though Othello's last line of my quoted passage gives the impression that he starts to doubt the allegations against his wife. Emilia ensures Othello that nothing is going on between the two and that Desdemona is completely honest and trustworthy.

To me, I would think that Othello would take Emilia's word into consideration over that of Iago's. Although, since Othello and Iago are closer, he may suspect that Emilia is simply trying to cover for Desdemona by lying to Othello. Of course we know that ultimately Othello believes Iago's story, but he does seem to have a moment in that quoted passage where he begins to question the accuracy of the claims that she is cheating on him. It's certainly too bad that this wasn't the feeling he kept, of course then the play wouldn't be much of a tragedy!