Desdemona's cousin in Shakespeare's Othello , and Othello's uncle by marriage. He is shocked and mystified at Othello's physical abuse of Desdemona - he does not understand the reason for it - and he is the last character to speak at the end of the play.In the Laurence Olivier Othello (1965), he appears in a scene that Shakespeare did not originally write him into - the Senate scene early in the film, during which Othello and Desdemona both justify their marriage to the Senate. He appears to be on very friendly terms with Othello. Show less «