I was rereading Othello the other day while watching comedy roasts on youtube. This seemed like a good idea at the time. I hope the great bard forgives me.
This is what Desdemona should say to all the men in this play...
Look at all you fools
your scheming and your tools
of mass destruction
all talk but little action
except against each other
Do you tell your own mother
your thoughts about women?
You disgrace the name of 'men'!
Iago,
you complain about your life
think they all slept with your wife.
Maybe everyone but you
because this one thing is true:
your mind's all inside my bed
and my husband in your head!
Othello,
how the mighty now have fallen
your honour and your reputation stolen!
If you believe that I was cheating
only madness you'll be meeting.
Your jealousy becomes a flood
of your delusions wanting blood!
Cassio,
Misogynistic sexist pig
your actions your own grave dig.
Nobody forced you to get drunk
or fight and act out like a skunk.
As long as Shakespeare thinks up ghosts
I'll haunt you if my life is lost.
Roderigo,
get out of my sight!
Someone! Just snuff out the light
from your stupid foolish eyes
you who believed Iago's lies!
You might have been manipulated
but with no brain it was expected!
As for me, fair Desdemona,
I should have stayed with my father
with a foul marriage none should bother.
Being a good wife was all I tried
but in the end, we know, I died.
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