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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 ....

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.... to another of his reasons for hatred – jealousy. From the very first act of this play, and indeed the very first scene, Iago hurls racial insults at Othello, an example of which is ...very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe (I, i, 89-90) - A statement that has both racist and vulgar connotations, as well as referring to Othello as a Barbary horse (I, i, 112) - Which is degrading him to the level of a filthy animal. As was mentioned before, jealousy is also one of the reasons behind Iago’s hatred. His behaviour and speech indicates clearly that he is jealous of success (Othello becoming a general, Cassio becoming his ....