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Othello, Acts II-IV

Othello, Acts II-IV. “The complications”. Terms. Freytag’s pyramid Rising action Complication(s) Irony Hamartia vs. ‘tragic flaw’. The action of a tragedy (Freytag’s Pyramid). What are the sources of conflict in Othello ?.

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Othello, Acts II-IV

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  1. Othello, Acts II-IV “The complications”

  2. Terms • Freytag’s pyramid • Rising action • Complication(s) • Irony • Hamartia vs. ‘tragic flaw’

  3. The action of a tragedy(Freytag’s Pyramid)

  4. What are the sources of conflict in Othello? • How do self-government and self-fashioning figure into the complications? • How does Iago cause complications? • How do the main plot and the sub-plot work together?

  5. What’s the deal with the handkerchief?

  6. How are women portrayed? • Evidence for how Desdemona is portrayed • Evidence for how Emilia is portrayed • Bianca • Vives, “Education of a Christian Woman”

  7. What will bring about Othello’s downfall? • “Tragic flaw”—theory that there is something in the hero that brings about her/his downfall. Implication is that it’s in her/his control to change this. • “Hamartia”– Aristotelian term—the weakness, error, misstep, bad judgment, or whatever that brings the hero down. Integral to his/her character—may not necessarily be a bad thing but has a tragic result

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