Does Desdemona do the right thing by marring Othello behind her father’s back? Desdemona does what she feels is right‚ therefore it doesn’t make her a terrible person. Everyone does things behind their parent’s backs. Plus‚ Desdemona is often treated like an object‚ as if she wasn’t capable of making her own choices. Instead of referring to Desdemona as a young adult which is what she is; people objectify her‚ and treat her like she isn’t capable of making her own decisions. People often speak about
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Othello Dramatis Personae • • • • • • • Duke of Venice Othello: Moor‚ married to Desdoma Iago: Solider in Othello’s army Cassio: Lieutenant in Othello’s army Desdemona: Othello’s wife Emilia: Iago’s wife Rodreigo: Solider‚ love Desdemona Act I Scene 1 • Read I.1.113-114 • Othello begins in the city of Venice‚ at night • Roderigo is having a discussion with Iago‚ who is bitter at being passed up as Othello’s lieutenant. • Though Iago had greater practice in battle and in military matters‚ Cassio
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Roderigo is used a scapegoat so Iago is not recognized. He urges Roderigo to wake and alert Brabantio and inform him of the secretive relationship his daughter is having with the “Moor” and a crude description of what happened – “Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.” Roderigo is used as the puppet in this particular scene. Iago persuades Brabantio through Roderigo that Brabantio has been the victim of robbery – “To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor.” Through this
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Machiavel - lets nothing stand in his way. Iago’s motivations - Resentment about Cassio’s promotion and Class resentment (Cassio is of upper class). Roderigo’s motivations - loves/desires Desdemona Deception is introduced by Brabantio. Concludes with the threat of violence. Brabantio would rather a worthless man over a black man. We’re left wondering how Othello will handle this situation and what he will be like. Wonder about what kind of person Desdemona is also. Negative first impression. Feel like
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being African‚ has huge success in the Venetian army which allows him to marry Desdemona. While Othello faces racism from other characters‚ the Duke and senators like Othello and tell Brabantio “if virtue no delighted beauty lack‚ your son-in-law is far more fair than black” (I.iii.330-31). Despite facing hate from Brabantio‚
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immediately see the racism towards Othello. Iago proclaims to Desdemona’s father Brabantio “even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”. Brabantio is outraged by this proclamation and doesn’t believe his daughter would be capable of such betrayal. Iago adds “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you’ll have nephews neigh to you” and the final comment that pushes Brabantio to go in search of Othello “your daughter and the Moor are now making the beasts with
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surpassed the norms of sexual morality set for Venetian women of that time. When Desdemona left the house of her father‚ Brabantio‚ to wed the Moor‚ Othello‚ it was the first step in redefining her role as a woman. Desdemona‚ instead of asking her father’s permission‚ decided on her own to marry Othello. It seems as though Desdemona was breaking away from the strictness imposed by Brabantio. She denied her father any right in choosing or granting allowance to Othello to marry her. Instead she chose the
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Tragedy strikes in unexpected circumstances. In the novel Tragedy of Othello‚ Iago the antagonist‚ is a worker of Othello who gets consumed of jealousy when he doesn’t get promoted for the job he feels that he deserved and completely equipped for. Iago go forth with a plan full of revenge to get back at Othello. He is abusive to where he uses people to fall accordingly to his plan. Although being of villainous stature Iago also is very crafty being very strategic with every move he makes. Jealousy
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is not slightly detected as being duplicitous is very astounding to me. In addition‚ I understood Brabantio’s frantic reaction when confronting Othello about their relationship because he was trying to be a protective father. On the other hand‚ Brabantio could view his daughter as an object that he had lost control or possession of‚ but more information is needed in order to tell. Act 1‚ Scene 3 I was very frustrated to witness how submissive and polite Othello is towards Iago. There is going to
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admits openly that he has married Desdemona. "That I have ta ’en away this old man ’s daughter." Instead of trying to deny or hide it‚ Othello says "true I have married her." By beginning his speech in this manner‚ he attracts everyone ’s attention. Brabantio would have thought Othello would put up a fight or at least protest. Othello continues with "Rude am I in my speech." He admits that his language isn ’t as good as the Venetians and that he doesn ’t have excellent vocabulary. This makes his speech
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