Othello+Study

Follow that handkerchief! [|Reading Journal]

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[|Othello in Context]

[|Dramatic Effect] Net Trekker Net Trekker [|Test Bite] How is drama created in Othello? Answer the following questions to see if you understand what makes Shakespeare such a clever craftsman. 1. How do Iago's soliloquies create tension? The audience knows about Iago's plans and can see when he is lying to the other characters. They take a long time to say. 2. Shakespeare often changes the tone or mood between scenes because: he was a clever writer who liked to manipulate the emotions of his audience to keep them interested in the play his attention wandered and he got fed up of what he was writing 3. An example of dramatic irony in the play is when Othello hides and listens to Iago's conversation with Cassio, because: Iago is being really horrible the audience knows that Cassio is talking about Bianca, whilst Othello thinks that he is talking about Desdemona 4. Towards the end, when Desdemona goes to speak to Othello, unaware that he intends to kill her, the audience feels: bored because they know what will happen at the end tense and powerless because they know what will happen and they can't do anything to stop it!

[|The Plot of Othello]

Net Trekker Test Bite Test your knowledge of the plot by choosing the correct answer for each question: 1. The beginning of the play is set in: Venice Cyprus 2. Who does Othello choose to be his lieutenant? Roderigo Cassio 3. Brabantio finds out about his daughter's secret marriage when: Desdemona and Othello place an announcement in the Venetian Chronicles Iago and Roderigo shout sexual innuendos outside his window in the middle of the night 4. Othello fires Cassio as his lieutenant because: he gets drunk and starts a fight he suspects Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona 5. Othello begins to believe Iago's lies about Desdemona when: he sees her kissing Cassio she can't find her handkerchief 6. How does Othello kill Desdemona? With his sword He suffocates her 7. How is Iago's guilt discovered? His wife, Emilia suddenly realises that he is to blame Cassio tells everyone what happened 8. How does Othello die? Emilia suffocates him He uses his own sword on himself