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Desdemona, daughter of Brabantio, was Othello's wife.
Brabantio warns Othello that if his daughter, Desdemona, deceived him in order to marry Othello, then she can just as easily deceive Othello.
Othello - Act 1, Scene 2 BRABANTIO O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter?
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 is one of the commanders but raised in position by othello as liutenant.
Desdemona, daughter of Brabantio, was Othello's wife.
Brabantio warns Othello that if his daughter, Desdemona, deceived him in order to marry Othello, then she can just as easily deceive Othello.
His theory is that Desdemona was bewitched.
Othello - Act 1, Scene 2 BRABANTIO O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter?
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 is one of the commanders but raised in position by othello as liutenant.
Brabantio disapproves of Othello and the relationship he has with Brabantio's daughter Desdemona. This is not because Othello is not worthy of Desdemona because he is a much respected officer, but because he is a Moor (in that time an African) and therefore considered beneath the Italian people.
Brabantio is Desdemona's father. He becomes very upset when Desdemona elopes with Othello and accuses Othello of committing witchcraft in order to woo his daughter. Othello denies any wrongdoing and Brabantio warns Othello that if Desdemona deceived her father, she can deceive Othello as well. Brabantio dies from a broken-heart resulting from Desdemona's marriage.
Why don't you just ask what Brabantio expects of Desdemona, as they are the only father/daughter combination in Othello? What Brabantio expects from Desdemona is total obedience to him. His first question to her at the trial before the Duke is "Do you perceive in all this noble company where most you owe obedience?" He does not expect her to have a mind of her own. But of course she does have a mind of her own, and has chosen Othello. Nobody except Brabantio thinks this way; the Duke completely understands and agrees with Othello's account of their courtship, and while not approving generally of elopement, tells Brabantio essentially to get over it. One of Brabantio's lines is particularly telling: "I am glad at soul I have no other child, for thy escape would teach me tyranny to hang clogs on them." His bizarre attitude to parenthood is not affected by this event; he says that if he had another daughter he would make damn sure she could not act on her own choices. He is a domestic tyrant.
Barbantio's reaction to Othello and Desdemona's marriage was he thought that Othello used magic on Desdemona. He couldn't believe his daughter, a Venetian woman would love a dark Moor without Othello using magic.
Brabantio thought that Othello had used magic to get Desdemona to marry him. This was based on the highly racist assumptions that a) Othello was so ugly that no woman could possibly love him without some love potion, and b) Othello was from some weird foreign background where people probably used love potions all the time.
He was furious and stormed off to the Senate to try to get the marriage annulled. He claimed that Othello had used witchcraft, but really that was his racism telling him that his daughter couldn't actually love someone that colour.