Othello and Desdemona's Love In Act 1 Scene 3.

Brabantio. Brabantio then puts forward his deep concern over Othello marrying his daughter, he suggests spells and medicines have corrupted her thoughts. This is the first time that their love for one another is suggested as wrong. When the duke is told what the problem is he is outraged and is already thinking of the punishment for the offender, but when he realises that it is Othello the duke offers his regrets to Brabantio. Othello describes how his meeting with Desdemona took place, he uses a very educated way of speaking and to the audience he would appear to be the more intelligent of the two. Othello then asks Desdemona to be called for and for her to tell her side of things.This was a wise move on Othello’s behalf as he is using Desdemona as a witness for their love. The only problem is that neither the Duke nor Brabantio believe that Othello is telling the truth and that is why they agree for Desdemona to be called, Duke: “Fetch Desdemona hither”. The duke then talks to Othello as if he is a criminal by saying Duke: “say it, Othello” this is very direct speech and is used when questioning a criminal. After hearing Othello’s tale the Duke then agrees that even his own daughter would have fallen for Othello duke: “I think this tale would win my daughter too.” So this shows that the duke has trust in Othello but this trust from the Duke only make’s Brabantio more and more disgraced that this “moor” is in love with his daughter or more to the point that his daughter is in love with this “moor” who is regarded as a beast because of his race. Brabantio shows his feelings now for Desdemona by saying Brabantio: “I am glad at soul I have no other child.” Brabantio is very upset with Desdemona for committing such a crime as to fall for the “moor”, but the Duke places Desdemona’s fate with Othello. This is good news for Desdemona and Othello but it is extremely bad news for Brabantio in the sense he has no power over his own daughter. To the audience it would appear that Othello is getting happier as Brabantio is getting unhappier. The Duke then informs Othello of his duty which involves him travelling to Cyprus to take command of the island, but this is not good enough for Desdemona as she wishes to accompany Othello. As you can imagine Brabantio must be very angry now after just loosing his daughter to a “moor” but then also for her to want to travel with him. Then Iago and Roderigo are left alone, and Roderigo is very unhappy and gloomy at the loss of Desdemona, Roderigo then says, Roderigo; “I will incontinently drown myself.” Then Iago replies that Desdemona will soon get bored of Othello and will look for a younger  man. Roderigo is persuaded due to the suggestion from Iago to travel to Cyprus. This is the starting of something bad and Iago knows he now has control over Roderigo. This is bad news for Desdemona and Othello as Iago is now hoping for Desdemona to fall in love with him, so he will be trying at any cost to split them up.