The Marriage Cursed

Due to the help of Iago and Rodreigo, Brabantio was told about his daughter's, Desdemona, affair with, who he thought to be his loyal friend, Othello.  Brabantio was very upset so he decided to have a meeting with Desdemona and Othello.  During this meeting Desdemona told her father But here’s my husband, "and so much duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord."  After this meeting Brabantio pulls Othello aside and says , "She has defied me and may thee."  At that note, Desdemona and Othello went on their journey to cyprus.