Blogpost #20: Othello

Lines 50-58

Paraphrasing Desdomanas’ song of the “Willow”
“Sing willow, willow, willow,-
Prithee, hie thee. He’l come anon.
Sing all green willow must be my garland.
Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve-…
I called my love false love; but what said he then?
Sing willow, willow, willow;
If I court more women, you’ll couch more men”

This song to me, symbolized a realization that the love between Desdemona and Othello is clouded with shrewd jealousy. A realization for Desdemona more so, than Othello. It’s such a ominous song considering the willow. I don’t know any other willows that the weeping willow and this song is just sad. Let, nobody blame him; his scorn I approve? Well, I’m not sure if we passed the part where Othello forcefully slaps Desdemona due to the thought of her cheating. So in that case, we are way past scorn. Love, false love is representing the doubt cause by jealousy. Again, I believe that jealousy is the central emotion being played upon. What’s interesting is the last line really. If I court more women, you’ll couch more men?
Why is it that the guys is ‘courting’ and the woman is ‘couching’? (which by the way a nice substitute for a whore) I think it’s a peek inside the mentality of a certain few. Or maybe how guys are expected to think like. In this, the guy could see it as ‘courting’ but the level to which we interpret that word varies form person to person. He supposedly stays with her due to his fear of her sleeping with other guys. I think that’s the possessive nature of Othello and his jealousy. That mentality that since you’re my wife, your mines and mines alone. It just so happens that his common sense was distorted by his jealousy which cause falsified misinterpretation of what the true nature of the matter, really is.