Shakespeare's Portrayal of Iago and Brabantio in Othello This extract below is taken from Act 1 scene 1, which contains plenty of dramatic irony on the whole from Iago. It is also rich in imagery and metaphorical expressions. The scene opens the way to show us Shakespeare's portrayal of different characters and their various language preferences. Iago and Brabantio are extremely contrasting characters especially in language choices. It should be said that Othello was written (never published)
person. Iago has made people do unreasonable and crazy things, such as in the case of Brabantio, Desdemona’s father. Brabantio, who first appears in Act 1, Scene 1, was distraught to hear that his daughter, Desdemona, had eloped. He goes to the point of bringing Othello to trial, and accusing him of witchcraft, because of Iago’s control, along with Roderigo, another unfortunate victim of Iago’s wordplay. Brabantio, who, himself was quite racist towards Othello,
Othello's Responsibility for Desdemona's Death Othello is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. Its controversial issues and passionate characters excite audiences around the world. In the United States, the first ever on-stage kiss between a "black" man and a "white" woman occurred in a 1943 production of the play that went on to be the longest running Shakespearean play in the country's history. Othello is a play written in the early 17th century. It has many characters who are Othello
First, the conflict she had with Brabantio gave Othello a second thought thinking how trustworthy Desdemona was. This was the major event that gave Iago’s plot the potential to be believable. Secondly, the more Desdemona tried to care for Othello the more he pushed her away. For example,
Iago confront Brabantio about the whereabouts of Desdemona. In the first act we also see how badly Roderigo longs to be with Desdemona when he says that “I will incontinently drown myself” (I.iii.305). We begin to see the power Iago has over Roderigo and because of this Roderigo begins to appear weak and indecisive. This weakness derives from how desperate Roderigo is to be with Desdemona. Roderigo’s Achilles' heel is his love and desire to be with Desdemona. Roderigo had asked Brabantio for Desdemona
first scene there seems to be a lot of action. Iago advises Roderigo to spoil some of Othello’s pleasure in his marriage by rousing Desdemona’s family against the general. The two men come to the street outside the house of Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, and cry out that he has been robbed by “thieves.” Iago speaks in inflammatory terms, vulgarly telling the senator that his daughter and Othello are having sex by saying that they are “making the beast with two backs”. Brabanzio begins to take
Honor is an easy trait to fake when nobody is watching. Iago was a mastermind that throughout the play clearly tricked many characters into believing he was an honorable man. A good reputation is clearly not the direct jewel of a person’s existence, if that were true, then Iago would have had a blackened reputation instead. Truthfulness was a trait that Iago also lacked, he more than made up for it by using that as an advantage to trap other characters in his web of deceit. Iago was a master of appearances
his jealousy, eventually leading him to “smother” Desdemona. Furthermore, Iago calls Othello, a “Barbary horse and an “old black ram” to Brabantio, Desdemona’s father. Iago uses vulgar imagery to create an illusion that Othello is lustful, immoral and selfish and is about to dreadfully take the “chastity” of his daughter Desdemona. The imagery infuriates Brabantio to the point that he hunts down Othello and eventually causes “chaos”, which was Iago’s goal. Thus, proving because of Othello’s weaknesses
William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, can be used to exemplify this quote. One of the themes that Shakespeare discusses in Othello is: the effect jealousy has on people. Several of the characters become jealous over the course of the tragedy. Brabantio became jealous because Desdemona fell in love and married Othello. Roderigo became jealous because Desdemona didn’t fall in love with him. Bianca became jealous because she thought that Cassio was cheating on her with another woman. Othello became
Shakespeare is prominent in his use of recurring themes throughout his works, particularly those of love, death, and betrayal. All these themes are present in Othello. Most para- mount, however, is jealousy. Jealousy runs the characters’ lives in Othello from the beginning of the play, when Roderigo is envi- ous of Othello because he wishes to be with Desdemona, and to the end of the play, when Othello is furious with envy because he believes Cassio and Desdemona have been engaging in an affair.
he looked down upon him for being in the army as a black person. Brabantio was a senator, and fought for their marriage not to be allowed- but was ultimately shut down by the Venetian Senate, them letting the marriage occur. . Je was extremely angry about this, and seemed to try to emotionally manipulate Othello by telling him that Desdemona was “a clever deceiver”- attempting to drive a wedge between them already.. ‘Brabantio may have integrated racism, and racist thoughts into her!’ That may
trust and support over her love and marriage to a Moor. Iago tells Brabantio, Desdemona’s father that Othello,the moor had kidnapped his daughter to wed her, and Brabantio hunts down Othello to confront him; disbelief from Brabantio caused Othello to order him to take him into custody to find the truth, and they invite Desdemona to admit their relationship was true, and of mutual feelings. After having his trust betrayed, Brabantio warns Othello that he too may be lied to by Desdemona and to watch
an unintelligent, desperate and jealous man on accounts by two other characters, Brabantio and Iago. Perhaps, there may be more to Roderigo’s story but readers will never know because of the lack of evidence. Influencing Roderigo’s reputation in Othello, Brabantio, Desdemona’s father has negative feelings toward Roderigo. Roderigo’s main source of motivation in the play is Desdemona and his lust toward her. Brabantio would not be classified as a supporter of Roderigo and this definitely doesn’t work
reactions by a modern and Elizabethan audience to a Shakespeare play such as Othello, is the status of women in this period. Othello among other plays of its era, introduce the idea of women as possessions. "O heaven! How got she out?" Here Brabantio is talking about his daughter Desdemona as if she is locked up in his prison. Later examples of this also include Desdemona herself admitting in sorts to being a possession: "How to respect you; you are the lord of all my duty... But here's
jealous type. Iago’s personality is the driving factor to this play, and to all of the dramatic tension we feel throughout reading this play. Setting the rest of the play to show us that if not for Iago there would be not dramatic tension left after Brabantio forgives Desdemona. Othello is more or less about Iago than it is about Othello, because without Iago there would be no play and no dramatic conflict throughout the drama. With Othello We begin to see the true meaning of dramatic tension through
who he hates. Iago's first use in the play was Roderigo who isn't very clever. At the beginning of the play Roderigo and Iago are talking about the "Moor" referred to as Othello and Desdemona. Since Roderigo loves Desdemona, Iago urges him to tell Brabantio that Desdemona his daughter is secretly married to Othello, : "Call up her father,Rouse him: make after him, poison his delight,Proclaim him in the streets; incense her kinsmen, And, though he in a fertile climate dwell, Plague him with flies:
my story. Othello took the hint and proposed to her. While we determine that Othello is having to justify why Desdemona would marry him. We can conclude that Othello does have a high standing in society indicated by him being recognized before Brabantio the Ventian sneaotro when the group enter the court; this plays a part in the duke’s view on the matter. The fact on the matter on how Desdemona love came to form for Othello serves to illustrates Othello’s belief in the importance of one possessing
Considering the setting, the conflict, and the ways Brabantio was informed of Desdemona’s disappearance makes him an overprotective, prejudiced father. In the middle of the night, Iago and Roderigo stand outside of Desdemona’s father’s house and wake him up with their shouts. They then mention about Desdemona and Othello’s marriage using lewd expressions. Brabantio at first is not able to believe that his daughter married without letting him know, but later when he figures that out he gets even angrier
lieutenant. Jealousy is his first motive. He then tells Roderigo (a former suitor of Desdemona) that Othello and Desdemona are getting married. The two of them then go and tell Desdemona's father, Brabantio, that Othello and his daughter have just eloped. This infuriates Brabantio. Soon after, Brabantio gets a gang after Othello. Iago's treachery is first displayed here. When Othello is confronted Iago is on his side. Iago was the person who instigated the whole situation. Shakespeare does a very
The Personality of Othello Othello’s speech to Brabantio and the Duke in Act 1, Scene 3 is of major importance in describing Othello’s personality. This long speech, found in lines 149 to 196, shows Othello for the first time as a person with depth and less as a soldier. This speech is important to the book as a whole because it is a testimony to the strength of the love between Othello and Desdemona, which will later play a major role in the plot. It is also one of the first times that we see