if the ultimate human goal is love, one coul argue that the ultimate human obstacle is jelousy. Whether it breeds into racism, hatred or fear of infidelity, envy is something that people encounter on a frequent basis. this is why jelousy is a destructive force in the shakespearean play othello.

in the early stagesof the play, the main character othello -a black man-controversially marries none other than desdemona of the fairest skin. in this day, interracial couples were looked down apon and desdemonas father, senator brabantio was siding with the public. Brabantio displays his discontentmant with the situation when he is first informed of desdemonas annulment, "O heaven? how she got out? O treason of the blood! Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds by what you see them act. Is there not charms by which the property of youth and maid hood may be abused""(1.1.170-...