There are many similarities between the two female characters; Desdemona and Emilia are both loyal wives, who want to please their husbands. As Iago tempts Othello, Othello begins to believe that Desdemona is disloyal and unchaste; so Desdemona wants to allay his concerns about his loyalty by reassuring him. To prove her innocence Desdemona says: "I have never offended you in my life; I have never loved Cassio, but with such a guarantee of heaven as I could love. I have never given him a pledge." (5.2.60-63) She is truthful in saying that she did not betray Othello with Cassio, thus trying to prove that she is loyal, despite knowing that Iago used her to his advantage. Likewise, Emilia is also faithful to Iago, when Emilia finds Desdemona's handkerchief she remembers that her husband had asked her to give it to him: "I am glad to have found this napkin... My rebellious husband has wooed me a hundred times to steal it ... I have nothing, except to please his imagination" (3.3.293,