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	Brabantio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shakespeare calls Brabantio a "senator of Venice;" that is, he is a member of the governing council.
		Brabantio accuses Othello of drugging his daughter; however, Desdemona tells of how she respects him only because they are related, but Othello is whom she truly loves.
		Brabantio accepts what she says, but also disowns his daughter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brabantio (131 words)

	Iago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Brabantio may have respected Othello as a military general, as a close acquaintance, and perhaps even as a friend, but it is clear that he never considered Othello good enough to be a husband for his daughter.
		Brabantio seemingly laments the fact that his daughter has married a fl man, falling in love “with what she feared to look on!” (1.3.98), more than the fact that she has betrayed him.
		Brabantio’s appeal that Desdemona must have been tricked into marriage with a “dram” (105) that demonstrates Othello’s satanic power, shows that he thinks that Desdemona never would have been able to overcome the hurdle of Othello’s color.
	www.colorado.edu /PWR/occasions/Iago.html (1946 words)

	CliffsNotes::Othello:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Brabantio is not the first father to have an unrealistic view of his daughter and to be shocked when she seeks a lover or a husband that does not meet his image or expectations.
		Brabantio is stunned by the Duke’s revelation and attempts to buttress his position when he remarks, “If she confess that she was half the wooer, / Destruction on my head, if my bad blame / Light on the man!” (176) In fact, Brabantio does not put the pertinent question to her.
		Brabantio made the accusation of witchcraft against Othello with no solid evidence, and on the basis of Desdemona’s testimony the charge was dismissed.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-138,pageNum-17.html (2400 words)

	Othello by William Shakespeare
		Brabantio is also a racist character, and is enraged when he finds out that his daughter, Desdemona, has been seeing "the moor" behind his back.
		Brabantio is so angry that he sends out his guards to catch Othello and put him into prison.
		Brabantio can do this because he is the Senator of Venice and is higher in rank than Othello.
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		Brabantio calls this mystery perosn (iago) a villain, but using dramatic irony, only the audience knows how much a villain Iago really is to begin with.
		Brabantio calls Iago a villain because 1) of the obscene accusations iago has spoken of desdemona, and 2) he's this weird rude guy who just walks up to his house yelling and distrubing the peace.
		Brabantio is saying that Desdemone is not the type of person who would do rash and out of the normal things without his consent, for example marrying Othello.
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	Othello Commentary at Absolute Shakespeare
		Brabantio now grabs a taper (torch) to find out if this is true and Iago decides to make a sly exit, whilst Brabantio discovering the truth, decides to feel sorry for himself, that he has to suffer in his eyes such a terrible fate as to lose his daughter to a "Moor."
		Brabantio now insults Othello suggesting Othello used magic, immobilizing drugs or minerals to enchant his daughter Desdemona who until now completely shunned marriage even to the most wealthy and eligible men of their nation.
		Brabantio is convinced of foul play, explaining that his daughter who "Blush'd at herself; " (Line 96) could not possibly happily love "what she fear'd to look on!" or the Moor Othello (Line 98).
	absoluteshakespeare.com /guides/summaries/othello/act_i.htm (2965 words)

	Othello essays - Free Othello Essays: The Father/Daughter Conflict
		Brabantio, father of Desdemona in William Shakespeare's "Othello," is not happy that his daughter is marrying the title character.
		Then, when life expectancy was short, Brabantio would have wanted a son of a rich house who could inherit the family wealth, and was only a couple years older than his daughter, so she would not be widowed or have to return to her father's dependence.
		The scene in which Othello and Brabantio argue their cases before the Duke is the culmination of the underlying conflict between Desdemona and Brabantio.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=3498 (553 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Othello - Full Summary and Analysis
		Brabantio assumes that Desdemona must have been "enchanted" to marry Othello merely because Othello is fl; Brabantio ignores all of Othello's good qualities, and gives into his racist feelings.
		Brabantio and Othello enter the assembled Venetian leaders, who are discussing this military matter, and Brabantio announces his grievance against Othello for marrying his daughter.
		The words of the Duke, and Brabantio's words that follow, are set off from the rest of the text and emphasized by this technique; the reader is notified, through the couplet rhyme, which hasn't appeared before in the text, that these are words that must be marked.
	www.gradesaver.com /ClassicNotes/Titles/othello/fullsumm.html (12448 words)

	Shakespeare Othello Summary
		Brabantio recognizes only Roderigo and tells him he is has already told him he will not allow Roderigo's suit for Desdemona.
		Brabantio accuses him of enchanting his daughter with charms and drugs, and wants him taken before the Duke.
		Brabantio warns O. that D. has deceived him, so may also deceive O. After they have all left, Roderigo laments that he will drown himself, but Iago speaks contemptuously of virtue and suicide for love and talks him out of it, arguing for reason over passion.
	www.mcgoodwin.net /pages/otherbooks/ws_othello.html (3294 words)

	Othello Navigator: Summary of Act 1, Scene 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Brabantio goes on to threaten consequences and it looks like he's not going to give Roderigo a chance to say a word, so Iago bursts out, "'Zounds, sir, you are one of those that will not serve God, if the devil bid you" (1.1.109-110).
		Iago tells Brabantio that he'll let his daughter be "covered with a Barbary horse" (1.1.112), so that all of his relatives will be horses, too.
		And when Brabantio asks who's speaking, Iago answers, "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs" (1.1.116-117).
	www.webcom.com /pweller/othello/S11.html (2325 words)

	Othello Navigator: Characters: Brabantio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Brabantio is not able to have Othello arrested, but he accuses him of using magic and drugs on his daughter.
		Brabantio's reasoning is that Othello flness makes him such a frightening figure that there is no natural way that Desdemona would be attracted to him.
		When Brabantio and Othello come into the Senate chamber the Duke first greets Othello, who is needed to handle the situation in Cyprus, then notices Brabantio and greets him, saying, "I did not see you; welcome, gentle signior; / We lack'd your counsel and your help tonight" (1.3.50-51).
	www.webcom.com /pweller/othello/Brabant.html (318 words)

	Act 1 Scene 3
		Brabantio is still of the opinion that his daughter has been charmed, and so the Duke sends Iago to fetch her to the Council Chamber.
		Desdemona speaks to the Duke showing great courage, conceding that she owes much to her father regarding her education, but now her duty lies with Othello, just as her mother was loyal to her father.
		Brabantio sows the seed that Desdemona might deceive Othello, as he has been deceived.
	www.bookwolf.com /Free_Booknotes/Othello/Act_1_Scene_3_-_Othello_Bookno/act_1_scene_3_-_othello_bookno.html (1133 words)

	How is Act 1 Scene 1 an effective opening to Othello?
		Iago knows that this will have an effect on Brabantio, as it is not the loss of his daughter in itself that will distress him, so much the humiliation his loss will bring.
		Brabantio, upon realising Roderigo is at his balcony, informs the audience that he has already denied Roderigo as a potential suitor, 'my daughter is not for thee', this shows the position of women at that time, they lived in a patriarchal society, where their father chose for them.
		Roderigo continues and there is some irony and hypocrisy in Iago's complaint that Brabantio has judged them to be a pair of 'ruffians' and will therefore not listen to what they have to say; Iago is speaking against prejudice at the same time as he fuels it.
	www.coursework.info /i/66994.html (676 words)

	Shakespeare Summaries: Monday, January 24, 2005
		To regain Roderigo's trust, Iago and Roderigo inform Brabantio, Desdemona's father of her relationship with Othello, the "Moor" which enrages Brabantio into sending parties out at night to apprehend Othello for what must obviously be in Brabantio's eyes, an abuse of his daughter by Othello...
		Brabantio and Roderigo arrive, Brabantio accusing Othello of using magic on his daughter.
		Brabantio complains to the Duke that Othello bewitched his daughter and had intimate relations with her.
	shakespearesummaries.blogspot.com /2005_01_24_shakespearesummaries_archive.html (2141 words)

	William Shakespeare - Othello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When Brabantio tries to have Othello punished for allegedly seducing his daughter Desdemona with witchcraft, the Duke displays his wisdom, learning the truth by allowing Brabantio, Othello and Desdemona to tell their sides of the story.
		Brabantio: Desdemona's father and a senator in Venice, he is initially outraged in Act I, Scene I when Iago and Roderigo unfairly report that his fair daughter has been seduced by Othello who must have been using "magic" to persuade her to be intimate with him.
		Tactful and wise, Othello does not fight Brabantio when he accuses him of bewitching his daughter in Act I. Instead he offers no resistance and speaks with Brabantio before the Duke where Othello with Desdemona's testimony, proves his marriage is one made of love not witchcraft.
	www.will-shakespeare.net /othelloe.php (4177 words)

	Othello Plot Synopsis
		Roderigo hopes that her father, Brabantio, will use his political status to see that their marriage is quickly annulled.
		Brabantio comes to the window and Iago tells him to dress at once and come down, for "an old fl ram/Is tupping your white ewe" (I.i.88).
		Brabantio decides to take the matter to the Duke, since he is already awaiting Othello.
	www.shakespeare-online.com /plots/othellops.html (4220 words)

	http://www.colorado.edu/uwrp/occasions/othello.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Despite these strict standards, it would seem that Othello could win Brabantio’s approval; he holds a lucrative and prestigious position as the general of the army, he is born of a noble background, and he has the respect of the State.
		According to Brabantio, their union is so preposterous and “against all rules of nature” that the only logical explanation is that there is magic involved.
		Othello disarms Brabantio and his men with the eloquence of his tongue, and then continues to win the approval of the senate with his speech.
	www.colorado.edu /PWR/occasions/othello.html (3153 words)

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		Brabantio But thou must needs be sure My spirit and my place have in them power To make this bitter to thee.
		Brabantio Ay, to me. She is abused, stol'n from me, and corrupted, By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks; For nature so preposterously to err, Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense, Sans witchcraft could not.
		Brabantio So let the Turk of Cyprus us beguile, We lose it not so long as we can smile; He bears the sentence well that nothing bears But the free comfort which from thence he hears; But he bears both the sentence and the sorrow That, to pay grief, must of poor patience borrow.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/SHAKESPE/OTHELLO.NEW (17618 words)

	Othello Navigator: What Othello is Called (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Later, when Iago and Roderigo are trying to get Brabantio angry over the elopement of Othello and Desdemona, Iago shouts out, "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs" (1.1.115-117).
		As Brabantio and Roderigo set off to gather the posse, Brabantio asks Roderigo if Desdemona is "With the Moor, say'st thou?" (1.1.164).
		The Duke tries to get Brabantio to be more accepting, but fails, then turns to the problem in Cyrpus, saying, "Othello, the fortitude of the place is best known to you" (1.3.222-223).
	www.webcom.com /pweller/othello/Othnames.html (1704 words)

	Classical Net - Verdi - What Fires the Intensity of Otello? (Prologue)
		Brabantio at first is angry with Roderigo as he reminds him that he has told him his daughter is not for him.
		Brabantio retorts that Othello had to have used magic, because she would never in her right mind have consented to marriage with Othello.
		Brabantio will not let her stay with him and even if he would, Othello and Desdemona would not tolerate it.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/verdi/otello/otfire2.html (1319 words)

	Othello \| About the Plot
		Their conversation is interrupted by an irate Brabantio who is escorted on stage by law officers and the object of his wrath, Othello.
		Although the Duke promises to punish the "beguiler" of Brabantio's daughter according to the law, he and the other Venetian leaders are taken aback when they learn that Brabantio's suit is against Othello, an invaluable military leader.
		Brabantio recounts how he invited the Moor to his home and says that his daughter must be under a spell to fall in love with a man of Othello's years and fearsome fl visage.
	www.theatredance.com /othello/plot.html (2185 words)

	Brabantio I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Brabantio is a Venetian Senator, father of Desdemona, who is awakened by the midnight din caused by Iago and Roderigo in 1.1 when they want to inform him that his daughter has eloped with the "fl ram" or "Barbary horse," i.e., Othello.
		It must be, Brabantio thinks, that Othello has practiced magic on her.
		This then will be Brabantio's one "tune" that he sings when he confronts Othello in the next scene.
	www.willamette.edu /~blong/ShakeO/BrabantioI.html (446 words)

	Othello
		BRABANTIO The worser welcome: I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors: In honest plainness thou hast heard me say My daughter is not for thee; and now, in madness, Being full of supper and distempering draughts, Upon malicious bravery, dost thou come To start my quiet.
		BRABANTIO A maiden never bold; Of spirit so still and quiet, that her motion Blush'd at herself; and she, in spite of nature, Of years, of country, credit, every thing, To fall in love with what she fear'd to look on!
		BRABANTIO I pray you, hear her speak: If she confess that she was half the wooer, Destruction on my head, if my bad blame Light on the man! Come hither, gentle mistress: Do you perceive in all this noble company Where most you owe obedience?
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