Othello is a successful general, respected by the senate and the Doge of Venice.
Many scholars believe that the play Othello was based on the short story/play, A Moorish Captain.
There once was a man named Othello Who in Venice seemed a very strange fellow He loved the Desdemona But Brabantio owned her wishing Othello to "hello"
The Turks are militarily threatening Venetian possessions. The Duke of course summons his most capable military man. That would be Othello.
Othello
Brabantio is a Venetian senator who is Desdemona's father. He becomes Othello's father-in-law when Desdemona elopes with Othello in the beginning of the play. Brabantio is very unhappy with their sudden marriage. He accuses Othello of performing witchcraft on his daughter to make her fall in love with her. Othello denies this. Brabantio warns Othello that if his daughter deceived him, she can deceive Othello as well. In Act V, it is discovered that Brabantio died broken-hearted as a result of Desdemona's marriage to Othello.
Othello from Shakespeare's Othello? He was a man, didn't have a husband. Had a wife though: Desdemona.
Many scholars believe that the play Othello was based on the short story/play, A Moorish Captain.
There once was a man named Othello Who in Venice seemed a very strange fellow He loved the Desdemona But Brabantio owned her wishing Othello to "hello"
The Turks are militarily threatening Venetian possessions. The Duke of course summons his most capable military man. That would be Othello.
The Turks are militarily threatening Venetian possessions. The Duke of course summons his most capable military man. That would be Othello.
Othello
Brabantio is a Venetian senator who is Desdemona's father. He becomes Othello's father-in-law when Desdemona elopes with Othello in the beginning of the play. Brabantio is very unhappy with their sudden marriage. He accuses Othello of performing witchcraft on his daughter to make her fall in love with her. Othello denies this. Brabantio warns Othello that if his daughter deceived him, she can deceive Othello as well. In Act V, it is discovered that Brabantio died broken-hearted as a result of Desdemona's marriage to Othello.
He tells Brabantio just to accept the marriage because Othello is a good man and for what he told him about how they fell in love shows the quality of Othello
He tells Brabantio just to accept the marriage because Othello is a good man and for what he told him about how they fell in love shows the quality of Othello.
The significance of Desdemona's relationship with Othello is that she marries him dispite knowing her father would not approve. Othello was a black man and was looked down upon because of his race and color. Shakespeare was tackling the race issue way ahead of most people.
Absolutely. Othello is possibly the most heart-rending of Shakespeare's tragedies, since a totally innocent woman ends up getting murdered by the man who loves her the most.
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