ELIT 17 CLASS 12

AGENDARecitationShort FilmDiscussion: Othello

RECITATION 2

Othello, the Moor:

Desdemona: Iago: Cassio: Emilia: Bianca:Roderigo:

Brabantio: Duke of Venice: Gratiano: Lodovico: Montano: Clown:

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Othello, the Moor: A general in the Venetian military.

Desdemona: Othello's wife and daughter of Brabantio

Iago: Othello's ensign and Emilia's husband. Antagonist.

Cassio: Othello's lieutenant.

Emilia: Iago's wife and Desdemona's maidservant

Bianca: Cassio's girlfriend

Brabantio: a Venetian senator, Gratiano's brother, and Desdemona's father

Roderigo: a dissolute Venetian, in love with Desdemona

Duke of Venice: or the "Doge"Gratiano: Brabantio's brotherLodovico: Brabantio's kinsman

and Desdemona's cousinMontano: Othello's Venetian

predecessor in the government of Cyprus

Clown: a servant

OTHELLO

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IN GROUPS

Discuss your answers to the homework questions and your QHQs.

How does the handkerchief function in act 4? Why is the handkerchief so important to Othello?

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How is Othello changing in act 4? What is the effect of his public humiliation of Desdemona by slapping her?

QUESTIONSWhat is the nature of the

relationship between Emilia and Desdemona? What especially is the effect of 4.3, in which we get an extended scene between these two women alone? How effective is Shakespeare in portraying this private world of women?

QUESTIONS

How does Othello approach the killing of Desdemona? What does he think he is doing, and why?

1:36 to 1:44

QUESTIONSWhat is the effect of having Emilia play such an important role after the murder? Why is she now standing up to Othello and her husband? What is her reward?

1:44 to 1:51

QUESTIONS

Does Othello justify his killing of Desdemona? What is he doing in his last long speech?

1:51 to 1:58

Write Essay #1: Due November 5th before 3:30

Post #13 Essay introduction and thesis, one good body paragraph, and the conclusion