The Duke's Advice

Brabantio complains to the Duke about Othello's marriage to Desdemona. After hearing both sides of the story, the Duke has advice for both Brabantio and Othello. The advice that he give to Brabantio is to move on and accept it, he doesn't think that Othello swindled and lied to her even though Brabantio thinks this. Line 175;"Take up this mangled matter at the best". He is saying make the most of it because being negative about it won't work. At this point of the story, most of the characters think Othello tricked Desdemona into marrying him. However, we as the reader know that she genuinely fell in love with him by listening to his stories. Act 3 Line 148 "She'd come again, with a greedy ear."

Why So Racist?

In "Othello", written by William Shakespeare, there are many racist remarks to the Moor, Othello. Some of these examples are: "Your son in law is far more fair than black", "What a full fortune does thick lips owe", and "Black ram tupping white ewe". The last quote compares him to an animal and puts him down by saying because he is black he is like an animal. The first quote is sort of a backhanded compliment, it compliments him by basically insulting him. He says he is worthy, even though he is black or different skinned. However, I don't think these people would be racist towards him if they saw what he did in The Matrix.

    

Dramatic Irony

"I humbly thank you for't. I never knew A Florentine more kind and honest." Cassio
Shakespeare likes to use irony in his works. It is scattered throughout his plays and allows him to add to the story. In "Othello" one type of irony he uses is dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that the characters in the story do not. Dramatic irony is partnered with the character Iago. We find out about his sneaky and selfish nature that is not revealed directly to the other characters. We see that he truly only puts himself first instead of actually helping anyone.