: we need to remember that england never reached the caliber of racism that the united states did, for the simple reason that there were no cotton fields. and anyways, the 1600s kind of precedes the hay day of the african slave trade. therefore, i think we must view othello as exotic in shakespeares eyes, and perhaps frightening (and ugly), but not inferior. : i need INFO!!! on the way shakespeare feels about relation ships? : critcal ysis please, something along those lines!!! thanks