Dead or alive?

Dramatic suspense is created best in the fifth act. Knowing the play is a tragedy assumes that everyone will die in the end. However, the order and causes of each death leaves the reader wondering how it will all go down. When Othello is in the process of killing Desdemona, Emilia walks in. This leaves the reader wondering if Des is really dead, or if she is still alive. Upon the death of Emilia by Iago, everyone is in shock as to what just happened. The reader thinks that the play is over and enough damage has done. Little do they know that Othello is about to kill himself as well.