Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

I saw Othello’s visage in my mind:

 

-Desdemona

Othello                         Act I Scene iii, Line 252

Desdemona is talking about her husband Othello and asking to be allowed to go with him to the wars in Cyprus. It sounds like everyone agrees to let her go, but then Othello ends up leaving her in the care of Iago. So I find this scene a little confusing.

I was going to listen to the whole scene in the hopes of getting a little clarity, but it’s almost 8:30, I’ve got to get to work, and this scene is twenty minutes long. So that’s that.

Just in case you’re not familiar with the word visage, it means face. As in the poem Great Casey’s visage shone, He stilled the rising tumult, And he bade the game go on. That’s from Casey At The Bat. I memorized it for Father Diaz’s English class, freshman year of Notre Dame High School. Now we’re dipping into the archives, aren’t we?

Yup, it's my letters from high school. This is either for track or JV football; I'm not sure which. We've really deviated from the Totally Random line today, haven't we!