By the time Emilia points out that the failings women regularly stand accused of are merely reflections of menâs worse ones â âThe ills we do, their ills instruct us soâ â itâs too late for Desdemona.
She has made her bed and will die in it. I left âOthelloâ thinking,
oddly enough, about Vice President Mike Pence and other politicians who observe the âBilly Graham rule,â not allowing themselves, even at work, to be alone with women who arenât their wives.