ms to see. He is subtle as he does not tell them exactly what he wants to plant into their minds-he merely insinuates and leaves the other characters to their own conclusions, making it so much more convincing to them. In his conversation with Othello, he manages to convince Othello that circumstantial evidence, the sight of the handkerchief in Cassio's possession would prove Desdemona's infidelity without the need to actually see Cassio "lie on her". In this way, he used illusion to shield Othello from the reality of Desdemona's
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