For a long time I had the feeling that Emilia could not ignore that the handkerchief dropped by Desdemona and picked up by her (Emilia) was the same handkerchief she had lost which was the occasion of Othello's anger and Desdemona's anguish. The following excerpts will explain why (I capitalized “handkerchief” because in this context we are not talking about a handkerchief, but The Handkerchief). Why would Shakespeare give us so many indications that Emilia knew very well, and at all times, that the handkerchief she "luckily found" was the same one that caused Othello to abuse Desdemona? Can she really expect her audience to believe that the connection only occurred to her when Othello, after the murder, again referred to "the promise of love I first gave her," the handkerchief? I guess the answer to that question is that he did. and they do it. Are there any dissenting opinions? How Emilia came into possession of the handkerchief. Act III, scene 3, Desdemona, Emilia and Othello present: Oth. I have a pain in my forehead here.Des. ....Just let me tie him tight, within this hour Everything will be fine. Your napkin is too small;(He takes the handkerchief off her and she drops it.)...... half of paper ......and because of her "loss" I try to imagine what she said Desdemona Emilia, when they met in Paradise, and what Emilia responded. It could have been Des. I told you, Emilia, how unhappy I was at the loss of the Handkerchief and you were there when Othello attacked me with The Handkerchief, The Handkerchief, again and again and again. Why didn't you tell him, or me, where he was? Emil. I was stupid, mistress, I was stupid.