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Act V, Scene ii., lines 122-134Emilia.          O, who hath done this deed?Desdemona.          Nobody--I myself. Farewell. Commend me to my human body lord. O, farewellShe dies.Othello.          Why, how should she be murdred?Emilia.          Alas, who knows?Othello.          You heard her say herself, it was not I.Emilia.          She said so. I must needs report the truth.Othello.          Shes like a liar at peace(p) to burning hell Twas I that kil guide her.Emilia.          O, the more angel she,           And you the blacker devilOthello.          She move to folly, and she was a wh ore.Emila.          Thou dost belie her, and thou art a devil.Othello.          She was as false as water.Emilia.          Thou art rash as conjure up to say          That she was false. O, she was heavenly trueOthellos grief and his deep love for Desdemona led to a series of actions and dialogue located at the climax of the story. The elect passage came near the end of this work--just after Othello smothered Desdemona with her pillow. Shakespeare, simply and believably tritely put, was a genius. His artful mastery of meter, diction, imagery, and tone is matchless and captivates invade and thought like no other.Meter in a literary work, just like all other components, locoweed be a key factor in alter the readers thoughts and mood. Of course, this being Shakespeare, meter was utilise with a definite purpose. Because th is portion of the play is dramatic and suspenseful, an erratic, loose building is appropriate. The author "changed things up" and "kept the reader guessing" with regard to the mental synthesis and meter-- so causing even more suspense than what the plot had already provided.In this group of dialogue, Othello loses his usual poetic eloquence. His mental and emotional composure were compromised, thus impairing his diction. This temporary breach in character displayed his internal conflict and how it was affecting him as a person--for Othellos dignified speech, just as the way anyone speaks, was a part of him as a person.Displayed in some(prenominal) other works, contrast imagery, or perhaps simply contrast in general, is present in my excerpt from Othello. For example, Emilia calls Desdemona an angel, while designating Othello a devil. Also, Othello says Desdemona was "as false as water" while, in the subsequent line Emilia accuses Othello as being "as rash as fire." By including these contrasts, Shakespeare heightened the intensity of the moment as well as expressed the mood and thoughts of the characters.There are many words that can describe the tone at this point in the play chaotic, confused, angry, impulsive. Emilias thought process is not so much divided by the reader as empathized by the reader--though we know whats going on, we can identify with her anger and confusion.