Could I post a blog in ten words?

 

Hank Green's YouTube hit "I Know (A Song in Ten Words)" pretty much sums up the logic that Othello's mind must have been spinning through while contemplating his murder on Desdemona.  Now, I don't mean to be rude in the presence of a Hank Green video, but I feel like this is in order.  This song confused me at first.  The song possesses only ten words, which are then sang very quickly to a very catchy tune, yet these ten words somehow manage to capture how I feel the Othello reaction to his situation was - confusing and lacking of any structure.

"I don't think you know what you think you know, baby,
But baby don't you think that I know what I know maybe."

Now, I'm not trying to sum up Desdemona's reactions to Othello's strange accusations in a modern English translation, but I think that this would be as close as one could get to finding one.  Not only did Desdemona know what Othello thought he knew, but she then countered what she thought Othello knew she thought he knew.  The war pitted amongst Desdemona and Othello may have ended in a physical smuggling, but this was only after they were pitted against each other in a brutal mental battle by Iago where each thought they knew what the other thought they knew, but didn't realize that they didn't really know what the other really knew.  That sentence was confusing for emphasis.


Note: The song doesn't take the whole video, so that part warrants none of your time, unless you are a tried and true Nerdfighter.



Juxtaposition.