Brabantio is Desdemona 's father. A Venetian senator, he is a magnifico, a prominent citizen and landowner in Venice. He charges Othello with bewitching his daughter and dies after Desdemona leaves for Cyprus with Othello and the Venetian forces. When the play opens, Brabantio 's household is being disrupted by Iago and Roderigo, who are crying out to Brabantio that he has been robbed. Brabantio says, "What tell 'st thou me of robbing? This is Venice; / My house is not a grange" (I.i.105-06). He
and Roderigo, in the beginning, wake up Brabantio and tell him of Desdemona’s marriage to Othello, who is then angered by Roderigo’s presence due to the continuous past attempts of asking Brabantio for Desdemona’s hand in marriage. Roderigo was already not on Brabantio’s good side, causing Brabantio to not want to listen to anything Roderigo had to say. Iago, on the other hand, used his trick of manipulation to get Brabantio to listen to him. As “Brabantio yells, ‘Thou art a villain’ to which Iago
"Othello" by Shakespeare is a well-known and outstanding literary composition which pays distinctive attention to the dangers associated with jealousy. The play deals with the root and driving force of all evil and exemplifies how far jealousy can induce a human being as well as destroy lives by mere circumstantial evidence. According to Godfrey (1972), “Jealousy, once awakened, becomes self-perpetuating, self-intensifying, and where no evidence for it exists, the jealous person under the impulse
characters to be easily manipulated and may cause the character to lose rational. Shakespeare did this to show strong of an emotion jealously is. Because of jealousy Iago is able to manipulate every character he talks to, whether they were minor like Brabantio, the father of Desdemona, or a major character like Othello, the Moor, the General, and supposedly Hero. If it weren’t for the jealously then the ending of Othello wouldn’t be so tragic. Othello’s jealously overcame Othello’s love, which made him
Iago acts as if Desdemona is Brabantio’s property: he tells Brabantio that he was “robbed,” when in fact Desdemona left of her own free will. Then Iago adds even more insult to injury–––he describes Othello as an “old black ram” who is “tupping” Brabantio’s “white ewe,” which only serves to dehumanize both Desdemona and Othello. It is as if Iago views women and people of color as no better than barnyard animals. Not only does he paint Brabantio an image of his daughter having sex, Iago repeats the word
be kind of impossible to not be able to read their face, body movement, and notice the little twitches or things a person does when they are going to do something devious. The final actor in the play that showed grit and mindset is Brabantio who is a
their relationship in the first place. Once Iago finds out, he immediately tells another character, Roderigo, to shout the news up to Desdemona’s father. Once her father Brabantio learns of this, he gets fearful for Desdemona. Because of Iago spilling the secret, Othello got insulted for his race, his age, and his manners by Brabantio in court. He got embarrassed and had to publicly defend himself in the Duke’s meeting room, something that an “honest” (as described many times by himself and others)
determination to stick to one thing until you have mastered it. There are certain decisions that an individual makes that will impact grit. Throughout reading the play Othello by Shakespeare there are connection between Othello , Desdemona , Iago and Brabantio with grit , growth mindset and fixed mindset. When someone is a gritty person they don't let grades come in the way and define them. The individual corrects their mistakes and anything that may seem out
racist mentality. These characters include Emilia, Brabantio, and Roderigo. Iago was by far most racist for he made his intentions clear as day by stating several times his hatred of the Moor. Throughout the play, Iago proclaims a number of reasons for his hatred,
In the beginning of the tragedy Othello tells Brabantio to “Keep up your bright swords signior, for the dew will rust them” (1.2.72-73). This statement gives the reader insight to Othello’s level-head and smart decisions, before he allowed jealousy to cloud his vision. Othello becomes convinced that Desdemona
is less capable of being a soldier than himself . Iago tells his friend, Rodrigo, a Venetian, he serves Othello, the Moor who is a general in the Venetian army .Iago knows that Othello has secretly married Desdemona, the daughter of a of nobleman Brabantio who is a senator and renowned citizen of Venice, whom Rodrigo loves Desdemona and asked her father’s hand in marriage which Iago is aware of. With Iago’s hatred towards Othello, he tells Rodrigo that he plans to use Othello for his own advantage
Othello is one of William Shakespeare’s classic plays which centres on two main characters, the villainous and manipulative Iago, and the powerful yet insecure Othello. Throughout the play, it is Iago’s goal to ruin Othello’s life which turns in to a constant battle for him. In the play, Othello is blinded by the manipulation of Iago, thus showing Othello’s jealousy and Iago’s manipulation, then causing him to commit a series of wrong acts. It is evident that throughout the play Iago uses his
Othello: My parts, my title, and my perfect soul Shall manifest me rightly (1.2.30-31) How does Shakespeare establish Othello’s nobility for us? Do you see this nobility as consistent or inconsistent with Othello’s later passion? Although nobility is an inherent characteristic of human nature, an individual’s virtue can be distorted through their social environment which may lead to adverse ramifications and this is displayed in Shakespeare’s play, Othello, where he represents Othello as a man
on him which made him paranoid which caused his downfall, he convinced Cassio to get drunk which made him lose his position of lieutenant, he convinced Roderigo to kill Cassio by using Roderigo’s love of Desdemona against him, and Iago riles up Brabantio by using his prejudice to his advantage by telling him that Desdemona married Othello which leaves him with a broken heart which eventually kills him. This is why the events of the play can be attributed to Iago. One reason why the tragedy can
Brabantio has grit as well, especially when it comes to his daughter, Desdemona. Brabantio doesn’t like Othello because he is black. Brabantio is also questioning if his daughter is even capable of falling in love with a black man. He feels as though Othello has tricked her into marrying him. In order to proclaim her love for Othello, Desdemona appeared in court to let everyone know that she truly loves him. Brabantio has grit because he was determined to make
well-known soldier in Venice and abroad. When Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, and his men were looking for Othello when he had married Desdemona in secret, Iago told him to hide from them but he said: ‘’Not I, I must be found./My parts, my title, and my perfect soul/Shall manifest me rightly.’’ (I.ii.30-32). This goes to show how Othello will not choose the wrong way to deal with situations, he would choose the right and honest way. After that, Brabantio and his men take out their swords to fight Othello
This encounter takes place earlier in the play, right after Iago and Roderigo have convinced Brabantio into believing the scandalous and provocative gossip they have fed him. Othello speaks these words in an attempt to placate Brabantio, who has just stormed into the Duke’s council, agitated by Iago’s claims concerning his daughter. Additionally, his monologue is addressed to everyone present in the chamber so that he may prove his innocence more widely. He confirms that he has married Desdemona
mental state. In the movie Othello, the main character Othello had married young and gorgeous women named Desdemona. While Othello was talking and making moves with Desdemona, A man named Lago had to snitch on Othello to Desdemona’s father who is brabantio. While the whole situation is happening, Lago is trying to set up a plan to destroy the love between Desdemona and king Othello. Almost trying to kill each other because of
In Shakespeare’s classical play, Othello, Iago manipulates the characters of power to obtain what he wants which is revenge. Iago uses several different methods to trick these characters to fall into his trap, these methods include using the characters weakness against them, and making himself appear different to gain the trust of the other characters. With these different methods he can exploit these characters and their flaws so the fall easily into his plan to obtain Cassio’s position as second
Cassio, very much. He admires him very much and thinks of him as a brother. Othello has a close relationship with Iago, as well. He trusts him and believes the lies that he tells about Desdemona. In one scene, Iago tries to protect Othello from Brabantio, even though he is the one who told him that Desdemona and Othello married in the first place. He exclaims: He prated, And spoke such scurvy and provoking terms Against your honour That, with the little godliness I have, I did full hard forbear him