FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Othello
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Brabantio
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Iago
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Gratiano
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brabantio (sometimes called Brabanzio) is a character in William Shakespeare’s Othello (c. 1601–1604). He is a Venetian senator and the father of Desdemona.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brabantio is Desdemona’s father and an important senator in Venice. Bianca is a young woman who is in love with Cassio.
Detailed explanation-3: -Facts we learn about Desdemona at the start of the play: She is the only child of Brabantio, a rich senator. She fell in love with Othello when she heard the stories he told her father when he visited their house. She has married Othello without her father’s permission or knowledge.
Detailed explanation-4: -Desdemona: The daughter of Brabantio and wife of Othello. Emilia: The wife of Iago and maid of Desdemona. Bianca: Cassio’s mistress.
Detailed explanation-5: -Any audience would understand Brabantio’s desire to find a suitable match for his daughter. His paternal love of Desdemona has been wise. He rejected the unworthy Roderigo, as we see when he sternly reminds the failed suitor that Desdemona ‘is not for thee’ (I.