Brabantio Flashcards
Brabantio Act1,Scene1
It is too true an evil - bitter and shocked from Desdemona’s actions
O treason of the blood!
Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds - sees it as tainted bloodline marrying a black man
Brabantio Act1,Scene2
If she in chains of magic were not bound - accuses Othello of using magic on his daughter as that is the only way he sees Othello marrying his daughter.
For an abuser of the world, a practiser
Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.
Act1,Scene3
She is abused, stol’n from me, and corrupted - shows themes of racism and control/possession as she is “stol’n”
I had rather to adopt a child than get it - disowns her for societal and personal reasons
She has deceived her father, and may thee - lost all trust and faith in his daughter and is then off stage for the rest of the play
Act 5 Scene 2 - relating to Brabantio
Uncle Gratiano - “Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father’s dead” - States that her father had died from a broken heart due to the marriage and he is happy he didn’t have to see this
