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Bianca, Cassio's girlfriend, a prostitute. Bianca is a prostitute looking for love, which she foolishly thinks that Cassio can give her. She first appears at the end of the third act, when Cassio is waiting in hopes that Desdemona might be able to bring Othello back with a decision about his job.
Cassio and Bianca make up, unlike the tragic central couple. We know this because Cassio is dining with Bianca before he is wounded in the final scene. In Act V, Bianca’s genuine love for Cassio is seen when she discovers her lover has been stabbed: ‘Alas, he faints!
Cassio is white, upper class, likeable, and successful. Shakespeare uses his character as a symbol for traditional white male dominance, as well as the epitome of masculinity. However, his status is quickly undermined: he is demoted by Othello and subsequently revealed as a coward.
Othello sees her with the handkerchief and believes this proves that Desdemona must have given it to Cassio. Bianca defends Cassio when he is stabbed by Roderigo and goes to look after him. Facts we learn about Bianca during the play: She loves Cassio. Cassio does not take his relationship with her seriously.
Cassio functions mainly to move the plot forward by inadvertently becoming a pawn in Iago’s plan. Cassio’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations are rarely revealed, but his character and behavior are significant for creating the conditions under which Iago can enact his plan.
le Clanche du Rand: Bianca: Othello (1970, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, USA) ... The Moor of Venice: A Motion Picture Adaptation of the Play by William Shakespeare (1952, Orson Welles, International) Pamela Arliss: Bianca: Tragedy of Othello (1950, GB) Olga Lindo: Bianca: Othello (1937, GB) Related Artifacts. Cassio and Bianca (Act 3, scene 4 ...
In Act Four, Scene One, Iago tells Cassio that there is a rumor that he is going to marry Bianca. Cassio feels insulted and ridicules Bianca for being a whore. Cassio even mentions that...
