By comparing Othellos speeches Is Othello a racist play Throughout Othello by William Shakespeare many of the characters especially Iago have sworn at Othello by using racial terms an old black ram These slurs indicate the ignorance of the characters in the play because they lived in a time when there werent that many black people around It has been said that Othello is a racist play however some other can argue that it is not a play which its theme is based on racism This can be argued by look
In this extract Barbantio accuses Othello in front of the duke and a senator of poisoning and kidnapping his daughter This is a very important part of the play as its the first time Desdemonas love towards Othello is questioned Barbantio makes Othello seem as a thief because he cant believe Desdemona would ever fall in love with a black person The senator and the duke do not believe this as they think there is no evidence that makes the story true To vouch this is no proof Othello uses persuasi