"Othello" written by William Shakespeare play explores themes of jealousy, manipulation, betrayal

"Before the starry threshold of Jove’s court 

My mansion is, where those immortal shapes 

Of bright aerial Spirits live insphered 

In regions mild of calm and serene air, 

Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot         

Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care, 

Confined and pestered in this pinfold here, 

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, 

Unmindful of the crown that Virtue gives, 

After this mortal change, to her true servants         

Amongst the enthronèd gods on sainted seats. 

Yet some there be that by due steps aspire 

To lay their just hands on that golden key 

That opes the Palace of Eternity."

—from "Comus, a Mask" (1634) by John Milton