Thursday, November 13th
Topic: Othello: Agree/Disagree
Level: Analyze; Synthesize
Assessments:
1. Agree/Disagree
2. Tragedy is NOT a
joke!
3. Othello: Act I
Assignments:
CHANGE - Monday:
• Narrative R.D. & F.D.
NEXT Friday:
• Reading Log 2
On Your Desk:
• Square from
yesterday (for warm
up and ticket out)
Revenge is sometimes justified.
I could never forgive a boy/girlfriend for cheating
on me.
It is worth compromising your morals in order to
gain what you think you truly deserve.
First impressions are a good indicator of
the real person.
Absolute truth is not essential to a strong
relationship
It’s okay to get married without your
family’s approval.
Ticket Out
On the back of your warm-up:
1. Select one of the prompts and write your views. Why do
you agree or disagree? 2-3 complete sentences.
2. Based on the previous prompts, what can you assume the
play Othello is about?
3. If you’re correct, does this seem like an interesting play?
Explain your answer.
Quick Write
Why so serious???
1.
List the titles of 3 of the most tragic movies you’ve ever seen (or
seen recently). Say what you thought was tragic about each.
2.
What kinds of things make you sad, in real life?
3.
Why???
4.
I’m sad now. Tell me a joke.
Historical Terms
1.
Elizabethan: related the reign of Queen Elizabeth I,
England’s queen from 1558 - 1603
2.
The Rose: Elizabethan theater owned by Philip Henslowe
3.
The Curtain: Elizabethan theater owned by James and Richard
Burbage
4.
playhouse: a theater
5.
player: an actor (all Elizabethan players were men, by
law)
6.
Lord Chamberlain’s Men: Shakespeare’s theater company
OVERVIEW
Shakespeare wrote plays in 4 genres:
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Shakespearean Comedy
comedies
tragedies
histories
romances
TITLES
• Comedy titles refer to
situations instead of
individuals.
– Taming of the Shrew
– A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
– As You Like It
– Much Ado About
Nothing
– Measure for Measure
– Twelfth Night
• Histories and tragedies
refer to individuals:
– Hamlet
– Macbeth
– Romeo and Juliet
– Othello
– Henry IV
– Henry V
– Richard III
OVERVIEW
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Tragedy
Is Not Pretty
Shakespearean
Comedy
Tragedy is not a joke.
• Conventions of Tragedy:
– Action moves from a state of order to disorder
– Unity to disunity and, finally, death
– A protagonist of high estate moves from prosperity
to misery . . .
– brought about by the protagonist’s tragic flaw,
usually a form of hubris.
– Unlike classical (Greek) tragedy, it includes subplots
and comic relief.
Tragedy is still not a joke.
• HUBRIS:
–Haughtiness, pride, arrogance
–Overestimation of one’s own influence, power,
destiny
–Lack of self awareness
–A weird kind of naiveté about how the world
really works
Tragedy: not funny.
• Thematic Topics
1. Disorder (caused by human flaws)
2. Free will (vs. fate, destiny)
3. Self awareness (lack thereof; what it means to be human)
4. Illusion vs. reality
5. Sanctity of life
• Poetic Form
1. Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
2. Couplet: two successive lines of poetry that end rhyme
3. Prose: low-born characters speak this
4. Soliloquy: a thinky speech, delivered when the character is alone (or
alone-ish) onstage; usually in blank verse
Tragedy is also not a joke.
• Dramatic Structure:
–Act I: Exposition (conflict and characters introduced)
–Act II: Rising Action (complications deepen)
–Act III: Climax (protagonist commits the irrevocable
deed)
–Act IV: Falling Action (protagonist “falls” further into /
toward catastrophe)
–Act V: Catastrophe (resolution) (everybody dies)
Othello – Act I
Calling all players!
Brabantio: Cole
Roderigo: Micah
Iago: Anthony
Othello: Kaelen
Officer: Anna
Duke: Krztoff