Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

I cry you mercy, then:

I took you for that cunning whore of Venice

That married with Othello. –You, mistress

That have the office opposite to Saint Peter,

And keep the gate of Hell!

  

Othello

Othello                    Act IV, Scene ii, Line 90

We’ve arrived at a point in the play where Othello has now been completely convinced by Iago’s machinations that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. She is not. He’s confronting her in this scene and has just asked her if she’s not a whore. Of course she denies it, and Today's Lines is his retort to her denial.

You can see by his rant, that Othello’s pretty much beyond reason at this point. I don’t think there’s anything Desdemona, or anyone else, can say that’s going to make him see the light. Poor guy. Poor girl! It’s a sorry, sorry situation, and it’s all the doing of that rat fink bastard Iago. It’s amazing to consider what some single human beings are capable of all on their own, isn’t it? Particularly scary in today's day and age. Try not to think about it, Pete. Try not to think about it. 

By the way, it never occurred to me that the offices of the gatekeepers of heaven and hell would be right across the hall from each other. I always pictured those offices as being right outside their respective realms and therefore nowhere near each other. But, oh well.

And that’s your takeaway, Pete? 

Well, it's better than thinking about that other thing.

This post reminded me of the time we went riding on the Linear Trail. All of a sudden Mojo starts belting out “Highway to Hell, we’re on the Highway to Hell!” at the top of his lungs. Boy, did we get some funny looks from people.

Come to think of it, I’m not sure if it was the choice of song or a singing dog that got the stares. I've told him time and again that he's got to watch the talking bit in public. Sometimes he just can't help himself.