Maybe It Is True?

Iago and Othello are in a dungeon; Iago tells Othello that Cassio is coming and he should hide so he can hear what Cassio is saying about Desdemona.  So, Othello hides in a jail cell and listens in on the conversation between Cassio and Iago, but he can't really hear them so he just reads their lips.  First Iago says something about Bianca, a prostitute, because he knew that Cassio would talk about her in a non respective way.  Sure enough Cassio talked about her in a joking manner.  Othello thought Cassio was talking about Desdemona, the details of their affairs and even makes gestures in an attempt to depict her sexual advances.  After hearing about this Othello falls into a seizure.  After Othello snaps out of it he says that he will poison his wife, but Iago says, "strangle her in the bed that she contaminated through her infidelity."  Later on Lodovico came from Venice with a message from the duke.  He wants Othello and Desdemona to come back and Cassio to stay and rule Cyprus.  When they read the letter and Desdemona finds out they will be leaving she smiles and Othello slaps her across the face.  Othello goes back to his bedroom and treats desdemona and Emilia like they are whores.  Roderigo comes back furious that he hasn't won over Desdemona, and wants his jewels back that Iago was supposed to give to her but didn't.  He threatens to tell Othello Iago's whole plan.