The verse and prose in which he spoke were usually heard by high-ranking people, but Othello easily adapted to this language even in his isolation. This indicates that even though Shakespeare wanted to show this racial difference in Othello, he kept the high status language to indicate that although Othello is black, he is still an accepted Venetian soldier. With all this racial discrimination one should take into consideration that the Elizabethan theater would have been in a period where Shakespeare was dealing with the mores of society, such as the prohibition of blacks from going on stage. The white characters were painted black to represent the black race. With this in mind Shakespeare should have reflected society's strong beliefs and extreme behaviors against the black race. Shakespeare presents the message that whether you are part of the black or white race, society constantly isolates outsiders into a situation they never deserve. Cowhig criticized Othello and said that “It must not be forgotten that Othello was the black nobleman whose humanity had been eroded by the cunning and racism of the whites” (Cowhig 7), he was a black nobleman who was seduced by white evil: Iago. The real black villain here is probably