Concept:The speaker is the character who finds Desdemona’s handkerchief and admits that her husband has repeatedly asked her to steal it.
Explanation:This extract is from
Othello, Act III, Scene Three.
The speaker has just picked up the napkin that Desdemona dropped.
She describes it as “her first remembrance from the Moor,” meaning it is Othello’s first gift to Desdemona.
She then says, “My wayward husband hath a hundred times wooed me to steal it.”
This statement points to Emilia, because her husband, Iago, wants the handkerchief for his own schemes.
Bianca appears later in the play, but she is not the speaker here.
The Clown is not involved in this handkerchief plot.
Desdemona cannot be the speaker, since she would not refer to Othello as “the Moor” or call him “my wayward husband.”
Thus, the speaker is Emilia, Iago’s wife, who later gives the handkerchief to Iago.
Answer:B. Emilia