According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a parody is defined as "a piece of writing, music, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an entertaining way." Despite this, a parody can also be used as an acknowledgment of the original writer for appreciating a work. Incorporated into Ann-Marie MacDonald's modern drama “Goodnight Desdemona” are two of Shakespeare's extraordinary tragedies “Othello” and “Romeo and Juliet”. MacDonald uses the two tragedies to create his modern play “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)”, which is presented as a parody and also a homage to Shakespeare's work which is strengthened by the change of the original tragedies, the characters involved in the works plays, and also the extraordinary writing style of MacDonald and Shakespeare. In the modern play “Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)”, MacDonald uses her rare ideas and style which allows her to take a different approach to the central event of Othello, and Romeo and Juliet. In the original works, the tragic event is what caused the downfall of the main characters. The appearance of MacDonald's character Constance in crucial parts of the plays causes them to undergo twists and turns. MacDonald thinks that by interrupting important parts of the play with her character Constance, this will allow characters such as Desdemona, Othello, Romeo and Juliet to escape their downfalls. For example, in the original play “Othello” we see Othello's downfall when he begins to believe Iago's plan. But, in MacDonald's play, he introduces his character Constance who cleverly interrupts the conversation between Othello and Iago, which in turn changes the plot of the play:IAGO: D...... middle of paper.... ..it!"( 37.Act 2. Scene 2) These speeches create a sense of humor in them despite being written in iambic pentameter. Macdonald also integrates many well-known aspects of other Shakespeare works into his parody. In scene 4 of third act, in the parody a ghost appears, like the ghost of Shakespeare's “Hamlet”, who comes to tell the truth about who killed King Hamlet, the ghost seems to tell Constance the truth about the author that Constance is looking for. In conclusion, Ann-Marie MacDonald successfully creates her humorous parody of Shakespeare's tragedies "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet". MacDonald does so as a tribute to Shakespeare as it provides many comparisons between his play and Shakespeare's work, he also uses some lines from both "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet" in his work..