Would++++++++++++++++++Brabanzio ++++have+been+upset+about+Othello+and+Desdemona+if+Iago+wouldn't+have+instigated?

Lisette- I don't think Brabanzio would have reacted to harsh to the idea of Othello and Desdemona getting married and being together if Iago would have just shut up. If he would have found out by the couple or even by anyone else i dont think he would have reacted so harsh because Iago just has a certain way of saying things to people that get's them upset. That's why Iago has so much power and is able to control who gets angry and what they do. Iago controls everything in this place and everyone listens.

Karen- Brabantio might have not been as mad if Iago didn’t expose what was going on. He would have however still been mad. What I think mad him really upset was that everything was done behind his back and that his daughter had fallen in love with a Moor. Brabantio’s only rational for why his daughter could have fallen in love with Othello was that Othello had used magic on her. There could have been some racial conflict that made Brabantio upset and not agree with his daughter’s choice. On top of that, what might have added to his anger was that it was all done behind closed doors and that he had to find out through Iago. And Iago didn’t expose the couple in a private manner, but instead went to the streets and call out Brabantio.

Mabelly- I think the main reason that Brabantio was upset was the fact that Othello was a Moor. He constantly makes racial references, things like "sooty bosom", which are direct references to Othello's skin color. Iago knew this, and played these factors to his advantage. The fact that everything was done behind his back just added to Brabantio's anger. He didn't understand how his daughter had fallen for this man of an inferior race, and tried to use stereotypes about Moors, like black magic, to try to explain it to himself.