"But while I say one prayer!"
"It is too late."
Dramatic suspense reaches it's climax at this point of the story. Othello finally decides to kill Desdemona and he smothers her. However, he does not kill her; she says that she is taking her own life out of loyalty to him. The suspense here is created by a contrast in what Othello knows and what the reader knows. Othello believes that Desdemona cheated on him, and the audience knows that is not true. Othello begins to kill Desdemona over this lie, and the audience knows the murder cannot be justified. The story's resolution begins when Emilia starts sorting things out aloud, and the truth is revealed to Othello. Othello then takes his own life because he cannot bear living when he has just killed his lover.
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