Discrimination In Othello

In many parts of the world there has been discrimination that has caused authors to write about it and show the world how their city and country is discriminated. Throughout both plays “Othello” and “The merchant of Venice” they face many obstacles including racial and religious discrimination. In “The merchant of Venice”, Antonio, a wealthy man, discriminates Shylock who lends them money. To compare, In “Othello”, Iago who serves for Othello does not like him because he didn’t get the promotion he thought he deserved. During the play Othello is racially discriminated mostly by Iago. Shylock is a Jewish moneylender who is discriminated by his religion. Discrimination affects the way literature is written today because it give the audience an awareness of how others are being discriminated in different parts of the world.

In the play “The merchant of Venice”, by William Shakespeare, there is a wealthy merchant named Antonio and his friend named Bassanio, they ask Shylock, a Jewish moneylender for a loan. Shylock questions why he should loan them the money if they don’t respect his religion. Antonio decides to ask for the loan as an enemy not a friend. They make a deal that if Bassanio does not return the money in three months he gets to cut a pound of flesh from any part of his body, Antonio agrees. When the day
Iago states, “you have lost half your soul even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe” (I, i). Iago tells this to Brabantio in order to convince him to have hatred towards Othello. As a result, this portrays discrimination, by Iago calling Othello an old black ram, it shows how poorly they think of him and how because of his color he does not deserve the respect from Iago. He compares Othello to an animal which shows how he is inferior to a human and does not have any rights compared to