The Tragedy of Human Nature in Othello In the tragedy Othello, Shakespeare creates a state of mind that challenges the way a person sees himself and the world. Topics such as racism, sexism, love, hate, jealousy, pride and deceit are fully developed in Othello's play to allow the audience to see the characters and also themselves. Shakespeare's tragedy Othello was written during 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 to transport all "negars and blackberries" out of the country ("Othello- An Interpretation" Critical Essays 39). It is in this atmosphere that Shakespeare begins his masterpiece Othello, a drama about a noble black Arab general, Othello, who falls in love with 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 people, of all ethnicities, are fundamentally the same 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 on Cinthio. Shakespeare does this to intensify Othello's isolation from the rest of Venetian society and to show Othello's vulnerability due to his color. In the tragedy not only is Othello susceptible to weaknesses, but so are all the main characters. The tragedy reminds humans that even good nature can be exploited for the worse. The play Othello expresses, through relationships and emotional attitudes, the theme that all human beings are vulnerable to destruction even if they are in positions of power and glory. All relationships in the play are used to demonstrate the vulnerability of people when they are personally involved with other people. Each of the relationships in Othello portrays the insecurities of each person, except Iago. In fact, all the relationships with one character, Iago, center on him and his diabolical plot for Othello's disappearance. However, most relationships in Othello involve unintentional frustrations and vulnerabilities. Marriages in Othello are the most important relationships in conferring vulnerability because they bring out the best hopes and attitudes, and the worst fears and emotions in each character. Shakespeare, in planning Othello's marriage to Desdemona, shows that although one can truly love a person, the human need for control can destroy any relationship by causing heartbreak and turmoil..