The Tragedy of Human Nature in OthelloIn the tragedy Othello, Shakespeare creates a mood that challenges the way a person sees themselves and the world. Topics like racism, sexism, love, hate, jealousy, pride and deception are elaborately developed in the play of Othello to allow the audience to see the characters and also themselves. The Shakespearean tragedy Othello was written at a time of great racial tension in England. According to Eldred Jones, in 1600, just three years before Othello was written, Queen Elizabeth proclaimed an edict for the transportation of all "negroes and black moors" out of the country ("Othello - An Interpretation", Critical Essays 39 ). It was in this atmosphere that Shakespeare began the masterpiece Othello, a drama about a noble black Arab general, Othello, who falls in love and marries Desdemona, a young white daughter of a senator. From the above, it can be concluded that Shakespeare wrote Othello to express that all individuals, of all ethnicities, are fundamentally the same in human nature. Shakespeare borrowed the idea of ​​Othello from an Italian love story by Giraldi Cinthio. However, Shakespeare focuses more on the color and age differences between Othello and Desdemona than Cinthio. Shakespeare does this to increase Othello's isolation from the rest of Venetian society and to show Othello's vulnerability due to his color. In tragedy, not only is Othello sensitive to weaknesses, but all the main characters are as well. The tragedy reminds humans that even a person's good nature can be exploited for the worst. The drama Othello expresses, through relationships and emotional attitudes, the theme that all humans are vulnerable to destruction even if they occupy positions of power and glory. All relationships in the play are used to demonstrate the vulnerability of people when personally involved with others. people. Each of the relationships in Othello depicts the insecurities of each person, with the exception of Iago. In fact, all of the relationships with one character, Iago, are focused around him and his evil plot to kill Othello. However, most relationships in Othello involve unintentional frustrations and vulnerabilities. Othello's marriages are the most important relationships in terms of vulnerability, because they bring out each character's best hopes and attitudes, as well as their worst fears and emotions. Shakespeare, in designing Othello's marriage to Desdemona, shows that although one may truly love a person, the human need for control can destroy any relationship, causing heartache and turmoil..