Scene Three

• Brabantio, Cassio, Iago, Othello, and Roderigo arrive at the senate as they are discussing the war
• Brabantio tells the Duke of how Othello has bewitched Desdemona, saying that she is abused, stolen from him and corrupted
• Desdemona asks to accompany Othello to Cyprus and Brabantio warns she thus deceived her father, and may deceive Othello
• Othello asks Iago to bring his wife, Emilia, to Cyprus to attend on Desdemona
• Iago privately persuades Roderigo to follow them to Cyprus, claiming Othello and Desdemona's love won't last
• Iago tells the audience of his plans to make Othello believe Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio to get his place
• The Duke is talking about the war, but Brabantio believes the marriage will have greater repercussions than it does in reality
• The language of the static Senators and the parables drawn between later events in the play, and several marriage, suggest Shakespeare uses the language to satirise the war and the marriage
• The Duke addresses Othello as "valiant Othello" and is the first character in the play to address him by his name, before the senator addresses Othello using the same epithet, though this time calling him "Valiant"
• The Duke sees Othello as an individual, not just a representative of his race, which suggests his self-confidence wasn't unjustified and that he is noble and nationally respected
• Brabantio uses verbs like "abused", "stol'n", "corrupted" and passive verbs to describe Desdemona, illustrating his commodifying perspective on women
• Brabantio feels he is personally dispossessed, using phrases like "abused, stol'n from me" which further objectifies Desdemona as his property
• Othello uses sycophantic terms of address, "grave reverend signiors", perhaps as a construction of his role as he still must bow to the white man in order to gain power and respect
• Othello's syntax of "I have married her" further objectifies Desdemona by placing her in a passive role, and perhaps is an admission of guilt on Othello's part, showing his honest humility before the onslaught of Iago
• Othello's reference to "a little blest with the soft phrase of peace" further implies the image of Black people as easily angered, in opposition to Christianity, perhaps in recognition of the expectations of him as a representative of his race
• Othello's abstract talk of "toil and battle" semantically intertwines with his humility, perhaps in an attempt to highlight, even in the humility, the impact his still had had on the nation, particularly benefitting those in power with him
• The language used further commodifies women, though links to where not only Desdemona is objectified but also referred to an almost unattainable position, showing the perceived one-dimensionality of women in the end
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• Complete the meme of decent weaved throughout
• Shakespeare uses the language of the play
• Tragic Senators


  The paraulas drown, between later events in the play
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• The Duke addresses Othulp

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• The Duke is the first character in the playre, to address him by his name Before his entrance
• The Sengitor, asfdresses Omelle vaing the same epithet, though this time calling him valiant
• Duke sees Othelle


  as individual, not just representative of his race
• positive epithet


  • Suggests his self-confidence hasn't unjustified and that be is noble and nationally respected
• Othelle is present


  More respect shown
• The Duke addresses Brabquistig


  as gentle signor
• The Duke doesn't address him by his chance, however
• Brabantic (60-64)


  verbs abused", "stol'n', 'Corrupted', 'err'
• Passive levies used to describe Descem

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• Distractes condition women at the
• Uses passive voice she is sentence
• Brabantic presents himself as the outfeet of the


  Esaguin shows his pupilian pamilets in first opening lings of the scene
• Brabantic's self-antoned puture


  Feels he is personally victinuseet
• Stolen from me" further objectifying language used to discrige women
• Women are property of Man (can be stolen from One Meru soy another)