Is Racism the most important factor in the tragedy of Othello(TM)?

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Is Racism the most important factor in the tragedy of ‘Othello’?

Part A

                 Iago often refers to Othello as ‘The moor’, ‘The thick-lips’, and a ‘Barbary horse’. Though Othello maybe high ranked in society even the polite characters still refer to Othello as ‘The moor’. This shows the readers that despite him being high ranked he is still referred to as ‘The moor’

1.3.46 “Here comes Brabantio and the valiant moor”.

Says the senator who also calls Othello by ‘The moor’.

Towards the end of the play lodovico sees the true nature of Othello and feels that Othello is now a changed man

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                 Othello does his best to fit, it helps that he is married with Desdemona, as he is Christian he can be in some way the same as the other Venatians as they are also Christian. When he is with the other Venetians he is polite and sociable. He impresses people by his interesting history, in act 1.3 when Othello is trying to explain his love he uses his story and explains it in a more interesting way than it may really be. Othello will never ...

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