a Barbary horse; you"ll have your nephews neigh to you; you"ll have coursers for cousins, and gennets for germains".
Othello has stolen his daughter away by force of charms and magic to seduce and violate her and give him beasts of the devil for grandchildren, is what Brabantio is encouraged to believe by Iago. Iago links Othello with an underhand criminal, "stealing" Brabantio's daughter. .
"Thieves, Thieves, Thieves!.
Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags!".
The description of Othello and Desdemona's sexual activities are loaded and stressed. Iago constantly stresses Othello's sexual and lustfulness side. One particularly striking image is when Iago says: "your daughter and the moor are now making the beast with two backs" (lines 116-118), which is his way of saying that they are having sexual intercourse. This image is powerful because it suggests something monstrous and unnatural in the liaison between the moor and Desdemona. Iago also stresses this to Brabantio to awake Brabantio's prejudices and disgust him. Roderigo, although less coarse than Iago, does harp just as much as Iogo on Othello's race and his unnatural lustfulness.
" To the gross clasps of a lascivious moor".
Throughout this scene, Iago characterises Othello through his words and deeds but does not name him. He is referred to dismissively as "he" and "him". Othello is much maligned at this point in the play, although not mentioned by name. Iago uses animal imagery in referring to Othello as: "an old black ram", "a barbary horse" and so on. He is also referred to and associated with the devil and evil.
"Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you".
At the start of Scene 1, Othello is portrayed as unfair for he overlooks Iago even though he is more experienced: "his eyes had seen the proof" of his worth as a soldier. This also shows him to be unwise- he chooses a worthless "arithmetician" or "counter caster" as his lieutenant instead of an experienced soldier.
