The Role Of Race In Othello I agree that race has everything to do with the play in a positive view. The characters certainly did not hide that fact that Othello was a different from everybody else. I think that his differences made him an unusual tragic hero, Othello being different made things possible that would not have happened if he had been a noble man from Venice. Othello is a 'black' man with a …showed first 75 words of 356 total…

…showed last 75 words of 356 total…influence as Othello did on society says that the people in Venice over looked race, it was not an important factor to them. The ability of Desdemona to love a man from a different race, with such great love as she felt for Othello says love is color blind. I think that this play promotes equality because any from form any race can become a victim to the destructive power of jealousy like Othello did.