Othello recap

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Prepare for your Test

1 Othello

Harvard lecture: Othello's colour

10:00 - 15:00    Othello's race  

20:30 - 23:05   Othello's strangeness

46:50 - 51:42    Othello's idea why Desdemona loved him

Harvard lecture

Fragment 1

Fragment 3

Recap

1 What do you know about Othello?

2 What things makes Othello insecure?

3 Must Othello be played by a black(ened) author?

4 What was Othello's major flaw that lead to his death?

2 Cassio and the military setting

Watch the video

Recap

1 What do you know about Cassio?

  Rank / Relation to Othello / Bianca / Weak spot / final rank /  

  behaviour in Cyprus / ...

2 How does the military setting make the play more realistic?

3 Iago: videos

1  Iago reveals his plans to the audience,

    Othello accuses Iago of spoiling his happiness and asks for evidence

2 Iago 'proves' that Othello is cuckolded by Cassio.

   (until 2:13:02)

Iago

Iago fragment 2

Recap

• What do you know about Iago? 
• Why does Iago want to ruin Othello? (At least three reasons)
• How does he manipulate people?

4 Desdemona

1 Desdemona perfect? / Flaw 1: childlike

2 Flaw 2: lack of empathy

Desdemona

Desdemona fragment 2

Recap

• What do you know about Desdemona? (Pay attention to     contrasting characteristics)
• What do you think of Desdemona's last words?
• Should you feel sorry for Desdemona?

5 Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Talking

• Say what you know about the handkerchief
• Why was it important to: Othello / Desdemona / Iago /
    Bianca?
• In what way did it feature in the dramatic ending?

The test

Learn: 

-Background (lessons 1 and 2, 6) 

-Plot: Make sure you know what happens, who is who.

-Quotations (paraphrase): who says what in which situation?

-Study the characters and the facts about handkerchief (lessons 3-7)

Kind of Questions

BYOD test

Multiple Choice  / drag questions

Short open questions

Questions about the text (paraphrase)

Essay-questions

Good Luck!