Basketball player Michael Jordan once said that “I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.” He did not want to be referred to by his race, but by his name and all that he had done. His race was just a minor detail, his skills and talents were what he was made of. But what does race even mean? A race is a group of people classified together on the basis of common physical traits, history or nationality. Black, white, brown are just some examples of the various races that exist in this world. Unfortunately, history has proved that when there is diversity, there will be conflict. Racism is the belief that all members of a race are the same, so a race can be distinguished as inferior or superior
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This makes it possible that because of his race, he has always felt like an outsider, and that is what leads to his downfall. But the truth is that his jealousy and insecurity lead him to his downfall. Othello had never fallen in love before, so Desdemona was his first love. He had no experience in relationships because he never had one before. So when a problem did arise, when Iago tells Othello that Cassio, in his dreams, said “Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide our loves!”, Othello’s first reaction was to get angry and start doubting Desdemona’s fidelity to him because of the insecurity that Othello had (III, iii, 416-417). Othello’s zero experience with women caused his insecurity towards Desdemona. Othello was already falling into Iago’s trap when he just said that Desdemona “did deceive her father, marrying you”, implying that if she could deceive her own father, obviously she can deceive him too (III, iii, 206). This is all that it takes for Othello to start doubting his wife. He does not recall that he was the person that she deceived her father for. When he tries to go find some evidence, his jealousy takes over and he does not believe anything that Emilia says. When Emilia says “I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest,” he just does not accept anything she says and calls her the gatekeeper of hell (IV, …show more content…
There are many reasons why Othello is considered a tragic play. In the end of the play, there is a mass carnage in which Roderigo, Emilia, Desdemona and Othello get killed. It is clearly evident that race was not a factor in who was killed. The majority of characters that died were white. The fact that Desdemona and Othello deeply loved each other made the play even more tragic. Race did not play a role here too because Desdemona did not care that Othello was black. Othello had wooed her with stories that showed off his manliness. Then, Othello ended up killing his own innocent beloved wife and then himself. Again, race did not affect what happened. An insecure man of any race who has Iago plotting their destruction would have strangled their wife if they found out their wife was sleeping with another man (Feather). With race having no connection to the tragedy of the play at all, it can be said that Othello is not a play about
This makes it possible that because of his race, he has always felt like an outsider, and that is what leads to his downfall. But the truth is that his jealousy and insecurity lead him to his downfall. Othello had never fallen in love before, so Desdemona was his first love. He had no experience in relationships because he never had one before. So when a problem did arise, when Iago tells Othello that Cassio, in his dreams, said “Sweet Desdemona, Let us be wary, let us hide our loves!”, Othello’s first reaction was to get angry and start doubting Desdemona’s fidelity to him because of the insecurity that Othello had (III, iii, 416-417). Othello’s zero experience with women caused his insecurity towards Desdemona. Othello was already falling into Iago’s trap when he just said that Desdemona “did deceive her father, marrying you”, implying that if she could deceive her own father, obviously she can deceive him too (III, iii, 206). This is all that it takes for Othello to start doubting his wife. He does not recall that he was the person that she deceived her father for. When he tries to go find some evidence, his jealousy takes over and he does not believe anything that Emilia says. When Emilia says “I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest,” he just does not accept anything she says and calls her the gatekeeper of hell (IV, …show more content…
There are many reasons why Othello is considered a tragic play. In the end of the play, there is a mass carnage in which Roderigo, Emilia, Desdemona and Othello get killed. It is clearly evident that race was not a factor in who was killed. The majority of characters that died were white. The fact that Desdemona and Othello deeply loved each other made the play even more tragic. Race did not play a role here too because Desdemona did not care that Othello was black. Othello had wooed her with stories that showed off his manliness. Then, Othello ended up killing his own innocent beloved wife and then himself. Again, race did not affect what happened. An insecure man of any race who has Iago plotting their destruction would have strangled their wife if they found out their wife was sleeping with another man (Feather). With race having no connection to the tragedy of the play at all, it can be said that Othello is not a play about