Othello Critical/Analytical Response Assignment
Using Othello, choose one of the following:
1. The choices an individual makes may reflect that person’s character and often
determines the events or directions of that person’s life. Consider how the
choices an individual makes and the impact on others has been reflected and
developed in a literary text(s) you have studied. Discuss the ideas that the text
creator has developed about choices.
2. Consider how the factors that contribute to and result from an individual’s desire
to escape has been reflected and developed in a literary text(s) you have studied.
Discuss the idea(s) that the author(s) develops the desire for escape.
3. Consider how the effect that determination has on our approach to the pursuit of a
goal has been reflected and developed in a literary text(s) you have studied.
Discuss the idea(s) that the author(s) develops about the impact of individual
choices.
4. Consider how the struggle to maintain identity depends on an individual’s
commitment to personal beliefs, causes, or goals. Discuss the ideas developed by
the text creator about an individual’s attempt to secure identity without sacrificing
personal beliefs, goals, or causes.
5. Consider how the changeable nature of life impacts an individual’s ability to
adapt to various situations. Discuss the ideas developed about the changeable
nature of life and its impact on the individual.
In your planning and writing, consider the following instructions.
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As you develop your ideas, support them with appropriate, relevant, and
meaningful examples from a literary text(s) you have chosen.
For this particular assignment, you are being required to focus your discussion on
William Shakespeare’s Othello.
Carefully consider your controlling idea or how you will create a strong unifying
effect in your response.
Each of your body paragraphs MUST INCLUDE at least one properly used
quotation from the play.
Rough and good copies must be submitted; good copy double-spaced.