The theme deception in William Shakespears 'Othello' is introduced in Act 1 through the character of Desdemona. The audience is positioned by the use of characterisation and naming, to view this theme in the play. In the first few scenes of Othello, the character of Desdemona is presented as a young woman who is honest, sweet, obedient and holds a good reputation. It is with this good reputation that she holds that she is able to deceive people, especially her father, Brabantio. When Brabantio discovers that his daughter has been deceitful towards him by lying about her secret marriage to the moor, Brabantio is devastated, as shown in this quote, 'How didst thou know 'twas she? O she deceives me past thought!' (I.I.164- 165) The audience is introduced to the theme deception in the first act of Othello. The positioning techniques of characterisation and naming assist in positioning the audience to identify the theme of deception.
Lucy, you need to provide clear evidence of naming being used as a positioning technique if you use it in your topic sentence.
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