There is a saying that goes “Actions speak louder than words.” Well, what if words are actions? J.L. Austin proposes that utterances have a performative component, which suggests that an utterance performs an action by saying something; his Speech Act Theory uses locutionary meaning, illocutionary force and perlocutionary effect to describe how speech works in both a descriptive and active sense (para. 6 Preliminary Isolation). Meanwhile, theatrical performances prove that words become more than just letters on a paper. Orson Welles’ performance of Othello in 1952 uses plenty of illocutionary forces to enrich the dialogue and show just how powerful words are. In Act 1, Scene 3, Brabantio accuses Othello of using witchcraft to charm his daughter