Iago first plans to destroy Othello's marriage by turning Brabantio against him. Desdemona and Othello have married in secret. Iago plans to tell her family of the relationship in the hopes that her father will become angry and perhaps even demand they separate. At first the plan works. Brabantio grows angry and sends men to capture Othello. He believes his daughter has come to love Othello because of witchcraft. The general is able to avoid a confrontation though. He explains to Brabantio and the authorities that Desdemona actually came to love him because of his heroic stories. In this way, Iago's first plan to ruin Othello fails. The authorities believe Othello and the marriage continues. For the time it appears there will be a happy ending.
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