Power is the ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially as a faculty or quality. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, published in 1603, Othello was married to a Venetian woman and he was one of the highest ranked people in the military. Othello was a great leader because he won the most battles, but some people questioned his leadership because he was black and white was known as superiority. Othello symbolizes power because he was leader of the military, he was highly respected, and accomplished things that no other leaders had. Prejudiceness is a recurring theme in Othello. Just because Othello was black and Desdemona, Othello’s wife, was white her father, Brabantio,
