en now, now, very now, an old black ram
             Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise;
             Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,
             Or else the devil will make grandsire of you.'
             This refers to Othello as a 'Black ram', which contrasts with his description of Desdemona as a 'White ewe'. It suggests that at this very moment 'even now, now, very now' that Othello is 'tupping', copulating with Desdemona, which he knows will make Brabantio very angry.
             Iago: 'I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter
             and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.'
             Brabantio replies 'Though art a villain' this is a prime example of dramatic irony as we later find out that Iago really is a 'villain'.
             When Brabantio is convinced by what they have said, he becomes very worried and he cannot understand how Desdemona could marry Othello. He is sure that Othello has forced Desdemona perhaps under the influence of drugs, to elope with him.
             Brabantio: 'Is there not charms
             By which the property of youth and maidenhood
             May be abused? Have you not read Roderigo,
             Of some such thing?'
             This again portrays a negative image of Othello, and he is presented to the audience as the sort o
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