Othello

Othello is one of William Shakespeare’s famous epic plays.  Othello is a general who is in love with Desdemona who is the daughter of Brabanzio.  Iago and Roderigo cries out to Brabanzio, telling him that Othello has stolen Desdemona away from Brabanzio and has married her secretly.  Brabanzio is enraged and seeks to find Othello and tell him off.  Othello soon caught, admits that him and Desdemona are madly in love together and that he has not stolen Desdemona away with witchcraft and the marriage was not one sided.  Othello also brings up that Brabanzio treated Othello like a son before he knew about Othello’s relationship with Desdemona but once Brabanzio found out about their relationship, he has treated Othello with utter disrespect just because Othello was black.  I found watching Othello a lot easier to understand than reading the text because the text itself is very complicated and watching the scenes as the characters talk are a lot easier to understand.  I am able to see their emotions and watching their actions helps me comprehend the scene more clearly and vividly.  Watching the scene where Brabanzio tries to accuse Othello for witchcraft stood out to me because Brabanzio did not treat Othello with disrespect before he found out Othello was married to his daughter.  Brabanzio’s actions were only done because of Othello’s skin color.  Brabanzio does not accept that fact that his daughter has married a black man which was very significant to me.