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Extended EssayOthello

Lesson 10

LQ: Can I explore Shakespeare’s use of

language and the presentation of

Iago’s and Othello’s relationship?

Form: play, drama, genre, tragedy, hubris, hamartia, Contexts: historical, social, cultural, race, religion, gender,

Venice, Cyprus, attitude, audiencesStructure, language, juxtaposition, split lines, pentameter,

relationships, love, fraternity

Extended Essay Text 1: Othello

Starter:

LQ: Can I explore Shakespeare’s use of language and the presentation of the

relationship between Othello and Iago?

Focus on the relationship between Iago and Othello EITHER

In groups decide on ONE word to describe their relationship at that point in the play

at the beginning of

the play

In the middle of the play

at the end of the play


relationship between Othello and Iago?Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and evaluate through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis how writers use these aspects to create meaning.

Good Progress: you will show awareness of structure, form, language, themes and contexts, and comment on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted

Excellent Progress: you will explore structure, form, language, themes and contexts, commenting on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted.

B4

B3

B2


The Big Picture

Extended Essay Text 1: Othello LQ: Can I explore Shakespeare’s use of language and the presentation of the






In pairs or small groups, consider the play as a whole and choose 3 or 4 short extracts which you think highlight the changing relationship between Iago and Othello.

Find evidence to support your ideas regarding the development of this relationship.

Be ready to share your ideas with the rest of the class.



A pivotal point in the relationship occurs in Act 4 Scene 1. Read through your extract.

In pairs complete the annotations using different coloured pens to highlight :EvidenceDirect adviceInnuendoHints or rumours







Supported language analysis task

Then decide what the language tells us about the characters and their

relationship.

Use the conversation analysis sheet and the key on the previous slide to annotate and analyse another important conversation between Iago and Othello – try to make sure that as a class different parts of the play are covered.

Be ready to share your findings!







Independent language analysis task

Ext: think about how audiences would react

Plenary:Sum it up in a sentence: how does Shakespeare

use language to present the relationship between Othello and Iago? Extended Essay Text 1: Othello

Ext: can you refer to this critical perspective to support

your answer?So close are Iago and Othello that hey start to melt into each other. Not only does Iago take on Othello’s association with blackness, but Othello starts to take on Iago’s characteristic imagery and style of speech. In the early part of the play Iago and Othello speak differently, not only in the obvious sense that Iago uses much more prose than Othello does, but also in the contrast between Iago’s blunt and often coarse style and Othello’s stately and deliberately poetic speech. But in the last two Acts , as the two minds begin to fuse together, as Iago’s words give shape to Othello’s thoughts, so Othello starts to sound more and more like Iago.

Othello’s grand verse breaks down into jagged disordered prose. Iago’s prose becomes triumphant verse.

Fintan O’Toole, Shakespeare is Hard, But so is Life (1990, 2000)

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