Othello (play)

is a play in which the handkerchief serves as a miniature representation of the nuptial linens and is thus crucially important to the stability of the marriage of Othello and Desdemona.

She considers the cultural significance of Desdemona's wedding sheets and the handkerchief, commenting on how these objects had economic and symbolic value in Renaissance. Callaghan sees the handkerchief as a 'miniature of the nuptial linens' and suggests it is crucially important to the stability of the marriage of Othello and Desdemona.

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Dympna Callaghan