Dropping her Handkerchief Chance for the first time plays a fatal role when Desdemona drops the handkerchief She receives the handkerchief as a token of love from Othello Iago is hunting after the handkerchief to entrap both Desdemona and Cassio Desdemona keeps the handkerchief in her possession with great care One day she drops it by chance when she is offered to bind Othello's aching head Hardly Desdemona leaves the place where she dropped the most precious gift and Emilia the wife of Iago happens to come to the same place and picks it up by chance as well Such accidental loss and discovery of the handkerchief provide vitality to Iago's base motives When Desdemona is unable to have the handkerchief Othello feels deeply annoyed by the loss of it and his doubt against Desdemona's character grows even stronger Desdemona expresses her grief to Emilia as thus Since there's some wonder in this handkerchief I am most unhappy in the loss of it Cassio's Blunt Confession The second and the most crucial aspect of chance is highlighted when Cassio appears before Othello but Iago sends him away and asks him to come later If Othello had seen Cassio at this time he would have run into a rage and inquired about the handkerchief and how he attained it But Cassio again comes into the scene when Othello has hidden himself and he overhears the conversation between Iago and Cassio Cassio is ridiculing his Bianca a courtesan but Othello misunderstands that he is mocking his Desdemona The tension grows even grimmer when Bianca hits the scene and she complains to Cassio that he is cheating on her and in love with someone else She says that the handkerchief he gave her was a love token from another lady Thus Cassio's blunt confession before Iago confirms the burning suspicion in Othello's mind and he questions Iago when Cassio departs How shall I murder him Iago Accentual events dominate Othello's mind more than reasoning the truth It is clear that chance and accident strengthen our feelings of fate Fate seems to side with the villainy of Iago The notable characters fail to find any way to escape fate's unjust grips The role of chance in Othello illustrates a terrible picture of fate and its association with lightless spirits