The stage is set for Troilus's disenchantment, which is as violent and excessive as his love. If Cressida is the anti-Juliet, so, in these latter scenes, is she the anti-Desdemona. As will happen in Othello, the jealous lover contrives to watch his beloved from afar, but in this case she is genuinely unfaithful. Troilus's love token is a sleeve rather than a handkerchief, and it is undeniable that she does, in fact, give it to her new lover, Diomedes.
