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Extended EssayOthello

Lesson 8

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of

Iago?

Homework… Homework… Homework… Homework… Homework… Homework…

Homework:

Read and annotate the extracts from the National Theatre production notes.

Decide on the 5 most interesting ideas explored.

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of Iago?

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

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Starter:

In pairs, produce a mind detailed map of your initial thoughts on Iago.

One on Othello has been done as an example on the next slide

Ext: in what ways might the audience find him a sympathetic character?

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of Iago?

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

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Starter:

OthelloA helpless victim, powerless in the

grip of an evil and scheming man

A decent, honest man victimised by

prejudiced and jealous Venetians, eager to

exploit his integrity for their own ends

A foreigner who is admired for his military

acumen but is ill at ease in Venetian

society whose customs and conventions he fails to understand

A natural aggressor whose civilised façade

masks primitive and basic instincts, easily stirred by

Iago’s manipulation

A brilliant army strategist but

incapable of self analysis or

perception of others’ motives

A man’s man – an outstanding soldier and

inspirational leader but naïve

and gullible about women

A good man with a single tragic flaw –

jealousy

An emotionally volatile man for whom stress is a

catalyst to mental instability

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of 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

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The Big Picture

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LQ: Can I explore interpretations of Iago?

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Form: play, drama, genre, tragedy, hubris, hamartia,

Contexts: historical, social, cultural, race, religion, gender, Venice, Cyprus, attitude, audiences

Structure, language, juxtaposition, split lines, pentameter, relationships, love, fraternity

Critical readings of Iago– group presentation task

Your group will fill in your section of the chart and feed back a detailed analyisis in line with your allocated quotation/interpretation.

Look back through the play to find two pieces of evidence from each Act to support your reading.

We will be voting on the most convincing interpretation based on textual evidence.

EXT: can you include information from any productions you have watched?

Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and evaluate interpretations of character through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis of 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.

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Plenary

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of Iago?

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

What is the most convincing interpretation based on textual evidence?

Exaplain why.

LQ: Can I explore interpretations of Iago?

Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis how writers use these aspects to create characters and 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

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