In Shakespeare's Othello, conflicts arise regularly, which start only because of the color of Othello's skin. Othello has strong racist overtones, mainly revolving around an interracial marriage. Almost every character in Othello constantly emphasizes the fact that Othello is a person of color. Because he is a person of color, he is treated very differently than his peers and this moves the play in a very different direction. Iago turns Othello into an outcast by using his race to make everyone see him as a savage. Early on, Iago begins giving Brabontio false information and making things worse: by comparing Othello to a horse, Iago says that being a colored person is no better than being a colored person. A high-ranking Venetian noble describes Othello as “a cursed slave.” ' (Act 5, scene 2, line 288) Emilia, Iago's wife, talks about "you're boring Moor" (Act 5, scene 2, line 223) (Nyoni). Even though both the nobleman and Emilia should be below Othello's social status, they do not treat him as such. One would think that his largely successful war strategies would discredit such remarks, but because of his race, he is not treated the same as someone with a lighter complexion would be if they were as successful in combat that. Like Desdemona, Othello is interested in having a partner with a different complexion, but in this case, it's almost as if he feels inferior because of it. This play revolves around racism, it would have been completely different if Othello was of white European descent. This probably would have been a play about a valiant hero who gets the most beautiful woman in Venice, but instead it's a tragedy because people can't stand a person of color having power. Shakespeare used racism as a key theme in telling the story of Othello, and a lot of racist terminologies were used, but they probably weren't too controversial at the time. However, over time, this topic has attracted a lot of interest due to its racist connotations. It's hard to say whether Shakespeare actually had prejudice against people of color or whether he was simply using the societal norms of the time to his advantage to carry the weight of a story he wanted to tell. Intentional or not, the racism in this play played a large role in how the characters interacted and how the play