Brabantio

Love is the reason why there is so much agony in this world. This is indeed a bold statement to make, but how can one deny that when love takes the mind to emotional highs only to sadistically leave it hanging for more? How can one say that love does not cause pain when it makes someone feel so special only to leave them feeling bitter? Love causes unbearable pain that causes much grief and scars many for life. This emotion that is responsible for so much pain features prominently in William…

to him many times throughout the story as “honest Iago”. Othello, a moor, who is a general in the defense forces of the city state of Venice. He is know for his courage in a battle and good judgement. Othello is married to Desdemona, daughter of Brabantio. These two characters are completely opposite, but, Iago has such a persuasive attitude that the things he says and does affects the way Othello thinks. In Othello, Shakespeare gives a different view of reality in a many ways. He uses his…

humans will unconditionally believe any rationalization to justify certain beliefs that individuals want to believe. Iago convinces Roderigo to continue courting Desdemona, despite repeatedly being told the opposite. As Rodrigo and Iago approach Brabantio to alert him of Othello’s marriage to Desdemona, Brabantio’s immediate frustration with Roderigo clearly demonstrates that he has no chance to court Desdemona. Roderigo bitterly remarks: The worser welcome: I have charged thee not to haunt…

But this is a conflict between two men who had up to this time been the nearest and warmest friends, one a great general and the other his most trusted officer. There is plenty of evidence throughout the play that up to this time there had been the fullest confidence between the two, and both alike were looked upon as men of excellent ability and sterling character. Othello was known as a noble Moor and had attained the highest military position, and therefore must have had the fullest…

Shakespeare’s Othello, The Moor of Venice is a play that portrays characters driven by jealousy to make hasty decisions. The play Othello is known for its themes that revolve around love, race, social classes and revenge. It is not Othello’s jealousy, but his credulity that is the prime cause of the tragedy. Othello who is known as a loving and carrying husband to Desdemona fell in trap of Iago’s plotting. Iago is known as a scheming and angry character who seeks to satisfy himself through…

In Othello first written by William Shakespeare in the year 1603, we are introduced to quite a few characters. These characters include but are not limited to Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Iago, and Brabantio. Othello is written as tragedy. Othello is about a powerful general of the Venetian Army. Not only is Othello’s marriage but also Othello’s life is destroyed by one of his fellow soldiers Iago. Iago is a deceitful, envious and conniving soldier. Iago wants to destroy the life of Othello and…

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Shakespeare’s Othello both has characters that play a part in mankind’s evil. Jack and Iago show humans deepest fear, which is unleashing the dark hidden desires deep within people’s hearts. Although both individuals were immoral, Iago’s vile and twisted actions compared to Jack’s will always be as great as that between heaven and earth. The basis behind this is that individuals who are narcissistic will do things that only benefit themselves. People…

of jealousy was planted within Othello and their relationship was on the path to failure. Desdemona and Othello loved each other. The testimony given by Othello at the beginning of the play showed us just the passion he had for her. Brabantio, Desdemona's father, went against him and said “She is abused, stol'n from me, and corrupted/ By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks;/ For nature so preposterously to err,/ Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense,/ Sans witchcraft…

Othello, as they usually are, reflect the racism of the characters of the play. They also call him “a Barbary horse” which is a specific breed of horse that originated in northern Africa. Prior to the revelation of his daughter’s marriage to Othello, Brabantio was almost in awe of Othello. Desdemona’s father suddenly switches camps and says that he believes Othello has bewitched Desdemona, he can think of no other reason that Desdemona would marry someone like Othello. This is another example in…

In Othello, even though Desdemona embodied the typical female role of a submissive and domesticated wife, she is still punished for her suspected disobedience by her husband, Othello. Othello is one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. It takes place in Venice and focuses on the romantic relationships of its characters. The play opens with its main villain plotting against the protagonist. The villain, Iago, has promised Rodrigo that he will get Desdemona to fall in love with him. However, things…