... her. Upon this hint I spake: 
She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd," This quote demonstrates that the racial difference between Othello and Desdemona is what drew them together. Contrarily, Othello's ethnicity subjects him to the vindictiveness of other characters, particularly Iago, who uses this to fuel the already existing inferno of hatred he feels towards Othello. Both Iago and Roderigo's ... xenophobic attitudes are flagrantly seen in the text. They constantly make demeaning comments about his appearance calling him an "old black ... a treacherous assailant and an honourab...

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