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    Shakespeare's Othello takes place in a time where description tells everything about a person. In modern times people are usually always referred to by name.  When speaking of someone, his or her name is mentioned, before proceeding to tell the story of this person and what he or she does.  In Othello, the protagonist Othello has a series of descriptions almost all of them involve the word "Moor".  When a gentleman speaks of him he says
       "Third Gentleman:...the warlike Moor Othello" (Shakespeare 61).
This description tells much about Othello already it is known that he is a man of war.  Often times Othello is always described as a Moor.  This differentiates him from all other characters.  It says that he could possibly have barbaric tendencies being from Africa and that he his not an Italian like the others.  This is shown when Iago describes him as "the lust Moor" (Shakespeare 79).  Iago's insult of lusty is mad stronger with the use of the word "Moor".  In contrast men like Iago are described as honest and given character descriptions that do not speak to savagery.  Othello is set in a world of prejudice which makes Othello's rise to power all the more great.