Desdemona

Desdemona's father, Brabantio, that his daughter has left to marry Othello. This is a marriage Brabantio opposes because Othello is black, and Desdemona did not get her father's permission. Brabantio confronts Othello, and they take their argument to the Duke, who has summoned Othello to ask him to sail to Cyprus to stop a Turkish invasion. The Duke gives Desdemona permission to travel with Othello, and basically tell Brabantio that Othello is a good man. By the time they reach Cyprus the…

Othello. “Honest” Iago the manipulator, first starts with scene one with roderigo yelling at Brabantio's window saying that Desdemona is with the moor, of course Brabantio (Desdemona's father) never believed it, but it was true. Roderigo was super jealous that the…

plan to Roderigo to ruin the lives of these two men, starting with Desdemona, the wife of Othello. In scene three of Act I, Iago tells the audience of his plan of convincing Othello that Cassio is making moves on Desdemona. Throughout the play, he finds little things to use as “evidence” to prove his life to Othello. This eventually leads to a plan of Iago killing Cassio and Othello killing Desdemona. In the end, Othello kills Desdemona, only to find out from Emilia, Iago’s wife, that Iago had…

ends up smothering her to death even though she has only ever been completely faithful, trustworthy and loving to him. Iago showed Othello at the beginning of the story that he was an honest and trustworthy man, had Othello come to the realization Desdemona was a strumpet on his own, and disguised a plan to prove Desdemona’s adultery. The play Othello, is like a puppet show and Iago is the puppeteer; controlling the outcome and fate of each of the characters. Iago was upset with Cassio because…

named Desdemona. One of the soldiers under Othello named Iago develops a hatred for Othello after being passed over for a promotion. Instead of promoting Iago, Othello promotes Cassio to lieutenant. In order to get even for what he sees as a betrayal by Othello (after all his good works in his service under Othello's command) Iago devises a plan to get even with both Cassio and Othello. First Iago goes to Desdemona's father's house and accuses Othello of having stolen his daughter, Desdemona,…

approaching Othello to ask for my position back, but I was too ashamed. Instead I spoke to Desdemona. I knew I could trust her, and at the time I thought I could trust Iago too. Iago instructed for Desdemona to ask Othello herself to consider allowing me to be Lieutenant once again. Little to my knowledge, Iago was subtly persuading Othello that I was having an affair with his wife, and to prove it he told him that Desdemona would approach him asking for my title back. Of course his plan was…

to go fight the Turks in Cyprus Othello asks of his wife, “Come Desdemona, I have but an hour of love, of worldly matters, and direction to spend with thee. We must obey the time” (Othello I.III.340). Othello cares deeply about Desdemona however he recognizes that his job also requires his care and attention. Othello then loses his balance, by trusting Iago he unwittingly causes the deaths of many. Once he has been convinced Desdemona is not being faithful to him he is so angry with her he…

his insecurity get the best of him . For example ,when Michael Cassio got in trouble for starting the fight with Rodgerio Othello suspends , then Iago persuades Cassio to go to Desdemona and ask her to help beg othello so that Cassio could get his job back. But that doesn't go as it should because when Cassio asked Desdemona for help Iago uses that to his advantage by playing with othello mind. At first othello doesn’t let all the little hints get to him because he says that even…

things for many characters in the play. The main significance of the handkerchief is Othello’s’ love for Desdemona, it is his first gift to her and later in the play it represents the suspicion of Desdemona’s fidelity.…

the play, we see Othello and Desdemona as two, lovestruck adults. Desdemona was an innocent, faithful woman who left her father for Othello, an African general that Brabantio respected until Desdemona revealed that she loved Othello. Desdemona left her father behind to begin a new life with Othello, and see what the future holds for them. However, Iago’s lies about Desdemona’s affair run deep into Othello’s blood, and end up destroying his relationship with Desdemona. Ultimately, this ends…