Part one of term paper
The theme of racism is strongly depicted in William Shakespeare’s Othello. It depicts the attitude of European society towards those that were different in colour, race and language. In Europe, people of white complexion were the majority and all other races were considered to be less important and inferior. There are several characters ...

Part two of term paper
... hatred, which leads to the ruin of most of the characters. It is most likely that the main reason behind Iago’s hatred of Othello is the colour of his skin. Similar to many other people of his time, Iago would have had little or no racial tolerance for others, and thereby saw Othello as an outcast that had risen to success – which is a factor contributing to another of his reasons for hatred – jealousy. From the very first act of this play, and indeed the very first scene, Iago hu ...