Othello
ACT 2
DO NOW
In the Google Classroom:
Imagine you are watching Othello, the next hit Netflix
drama. You’re tuning in after the first Act. Write your
own version of a “Previously on Othello…” recap (4-5
sentences).
Starter:
Previously on Othello, _____ happened. Afterwards,
______. By the end of Act 1, ______ happened.
OBJECTIVES
•
Summarize events of Act 1
•
Identify examples of Iago’s Manipulations
•
Support claims with text evidence
•
Differentiate between prose and blank
verse
REVIEW ACT 1
Review Act 1
Please open your Othello
Workbooks to slide/page 15.
IAGO’S MANIPULATIONS
Let’s look at Iago’s Manipulations:
Please open your Othello
Workbooks to slide/page 7.
IAGO’S MANIPULATIONS
How is Iago manipulative in Act 1?
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE IN ACT 1
EXIT TICKET
On the top of workbook page 15,
complete:
“Pick one quotation which you think is
central to the events of Act 1.”
HOMEWORK:
1. Read Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2 (pages 2130 in the PDF).
2. Act 2 Vocabulary.
DO NOW
In the Google Classroom:
Open your Othello workbooks and complete top of
workbook page 16:
“What happens in Act 2 Scene1?”
Submit your vocab homework.
OBJECTIVES
•
Summarize events of Act 1
•
Identify examples of Iago Manipulations
•
Support their claims with text evidence
•
Differentiate between prose and blank verse
VOCAB
Please open REVIEW
your homework.
SETTING
What is setting?
Why is it important?
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SETTING
Where is the new setting in
Act 2?
Why is it important?
What could it potentially be
foreshadowing? Foreshadowing is a literary
device in which a writer gives
an advance hint of what is to
come later in the story.
SETTING
Venice versus Cyprus
In many ways, Venice represents the center of reason
and logic, where Othello’s measured, rational speech
and arguments were enough to defend his marriage.
Yet at this point in the play, the action moves to
Cyprus, which represents the chaos, passion and
destruction, where emotion seems to take over and
reign.
SETTING
Weather
Independently, complete the section about the
weather on page 16.
SETTING
Weather
Independently, complete the section about the
weather on page 16.
Why is this importance to the play?
IAGO’S VIEWS ON WOMEN
Complete the top of page 17 in
your workbook.
ASIDES & SOLILOQUY
Aside: This element is a dramatic convention where a character
explicitly speaks to the audience while the other characters on
stage are not able to hear the speech.
Asides can also occur between two characters; in this case, again,
the audience is able to hear the conversation but the other
characters on stage are not.
Soliloquy: A monologue in which a character in a play is alone
and speaking to him or herself. Soliloquies are used to let the
audience know what characters are thinking. They help the
audience understand and relate to the character or action in the
play.
DISCUSSION
Let’s discuss the relationship between Iago and
Roderigo:
Why is Roderigo upset with Iago?
How does Iago placate him?
HOMEWORK:
1. Read Act 2 Scenes 3
2. Othello Workbook pages 16
(bottom section).
DO NOW:
Please complete the top section of slide
17, “Iago’s Views on Women”
SCENE
RECAP
ACT 2 SCENE 3 REVIEW
 Iago tries to get Cassio drunk (remember he told Roderigo to start a
fight with him?)
 Once Cassio is drunk, Iago tells Montano that this is a “vice” which
Cassio suffers from; perhaps Othello should be told of this?
 Roderigo starts a fight with Cassio, which serves to prove Iago’s point
about his “vice”.
 Montano tries to break up the fight, but he ends up battling with
drunken Cassio.
 Iago tells Roderigo to cry “mutany” to wake up Othello.
 Othello appears, “Are we turned turks?” He asks what happened.
Iago pretends to take Cassio’s side and lessen his part; Othello sees
this as Iago being too kind and generous.
 Othello fires Cassio.
 Cassio is distraught; Iago tries to counsel him. He advises him to seek
Desdemona’s help getting his job back.