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OTHELLO

REVISION. OTHELLO . Vital things to remember:. You have to write ONE essay. You have a choice of three questions, one of which is based on a passage (or two) from the play. Spend about 45 minutes on this standard, 5 minutes writing a plan.

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OTHELLO

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  1. REVISION OTHELLO

  2. Vital things to remember: • You have to write ONE essay. You have a choice of three questions, one of which is based on a passage (or two) from the play. Spend about 45 minutes on this standard, 5 minutes writing a plan. • Do not summarise the plot and do not explain obvious details. • IF you understand the language of the extracts well, then do that question. Quote from the extracts given but do also refer to other details in other scenes. • If you choose the “ordinary essay” option, then take a look at the passages for the other question. You might find a useful quotation or idea in them. • Re read the play (give handout). • Keep your quotations frequent and brief, make sure they attack the question. • Aim to go a level deeper by considering the audience. The Tudor/Stuart audience as well as modern 21st century audiences. (maybe use an audience point as an extra y in your paragraphs.)

  3. Imagery and its significance to character and theme IMAGERY IN OTHELLO

  4. BLACK AND WHITE • An old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” • “Your son-in-law is far more fair than black.” • “Haply, for I am black.” • “When devils will their blackest sins put on…” • “Her name, that was as fresh // As Dian's visage, is now begrimed and black // as mine own face.” • “Arise black vengeance from thy hollow cell.” • “Oh the more angel she // and you the blacker devil.” • “…nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow // And smooth as monumental alabaster.”

  5. DARKNESS AND LIGHT • “Hell and night … world’s light.” • “Put out the light.” • “I can again thy former light restore.” • Enter Iago with a light. [stage direction] • Light I say! A light! Cassio/Brabantio • “Witness you ever burning lights above…”

  6. HEAVEN AND HELL - Desdemona • “…the grace of heaven // Before, behind thee and on every hand // Enwheel thee round.” II, I • “By heaven you do me wrong. // No, as I am a Christian.” II, i

  7. HEAVEN AND HELL - Iago • His wits are working “with all the tribes of hell.” I, i • “Divinity of hell.” II, iii • “When devils will the blackest sins do put on // They do suggest at first with heavenly shows, as I do now.” II, iii

  8. HEAVEN AND HELL - Othello • Falls from heaven to hell. This is reflected in his language. • “As truly as to heaven I do confess the vices of my blood.” • “Heaven defend your good souls that you think I will your serious and great business scant.” I, iii

  9. HEAVEN AND HELL - Othello • “If she be false, O then heaven mocks itself; I’ll not believe it.” • Desdemona is “fair devil” in III, iii and then becomes “Devil!” in IV, I • “Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.” IV, ii

  10. HEAVEN AND HELL - Othello • Othello says to Emilia: “You … that keep the gate of hell.” IV, ii • Damnation is real to Othello. “O I were damned beneath all depths of hell.” V, ii • “I will not kill thy unprepared spirit // No, heaven forfend, I will not kill thy soul.” V, ii

  11. HEAVEN AND HELL - Othello • When he knows the truth, he looks for the devil in Iago: “I look down towards his feet; but that’s a fable. // If that thou be’st a devil, I cannot kill thee.” V, ii • “From the possession of this heavenly sight!Blow me about in winds! roast me in sulphur!Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire!” V, ii • Judgement Day: “When we shall meet at court // This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven // and fiends will snatch at it.” V, ii

  12. Test skills • Read Othello passage and answer questions 3 and 8. • Attempt the other questions in your own time as revision for exam.

  13. Importance of each character’s first line. • Choose three characters and comment on the significance of their first lines. • Choose different characters from your neighbour and discuss the ideas you come up with.

  14. Essay planning • Select and essay question from the handout and plan an essay. • Include key quotes your will use in the plan. • Complete essay template sheet.

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