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Extended Essay
Othello
Lesson 13
LQ: Can I develop my ideas
on Shakespeare’s
presentation of Desdemona?
Form: play, drama, genre, tragedy, hubris, hamartia,
Contexts: historical, social, cultural, race, religion, gender, Venice, Cyprus, attitude,
audiences
Structure, language, juxtaposition, split lines, pentameter, relationships, love, fraternity
The divine
Desdemona
Our great captain’s
captain
Sport for Jove
That cunning
whore of Venice
The virtuous
Desdemona
O thou black weed
My fair warrior
Super-subtle
Venetian
Truly an obedient
lady
Lewd minx
A most exquisite
lady
Impudent strumpet!
The more angel
she
Devil!
The sweetest innocent
that e’er did lift up eye
LQ: Can I develop my ideas on Shakespeare’s presentation of
Desdemona?
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
Starter: who calls Desdemona the following:
LQ: Can I develop my ideas on Shakespeare’s presentation of
Desdemona?
Excellent Progress: you will explore structure, form,
language, themes and contexts, commenting on specific
aspects with reference to how characters could be
interpreted.
Good Progress: you will show awareness of structure,
form, language, themes and contexts, and comment on
specific aspects with reference to how characters could be
interpreted
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and
evaluate through detailed and sophisticated critical
analysis how writers use these aspects to create meaning.
LQ: Can I develop my ideas on Shakespeare’s presentation of
Desdemona?
The Big Picture
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
Form: play, drama, genre, tragedy, hubris, hamartia,
Contexts: historical, social, cultural, race, religion, gender, Venice, Cyprus, attitude,
audiences
Structure, language, juxtaposition, split lines, pentameter, relationships, love, fraternity
Do women describe her differently from men?
Is she seen as an individual or a type?
How might these names be viewed differently by a modern audience and
by audiences at the time the play was written?
LQ: Can I develop my ideas on Shakespeare’s presentation of
Desdemona?
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
Starter feedback – what did you notice about the names attributed to
Desdemona?
Form: play, drama, genre, tragedy, hubris, hamartia,
Contexts: historical, social, cultural, race, religion, gender, Venice, Cyprus, attitude,
audiences
Structure, language, juxtaposition, split lines, pentameter, relationships, love, fraternity
Look at your handout – it contains 2 grids and 12 critical interpretations
of Desdemona.
Group 1 will complete the grids and will feedback to the rest of the class.
Group 2 will focus on interpretations 1 – 6 and follow the bulleted points
on your sheet
Group 3 will focus on interpretations 7 – 12 and follow the bulleted
points on your sheet
LQ: Can I develop my ideas on Shakespeare’s presentation of
Desdemona?
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
Group analysis
Plenary:
Sum it up in a sentence:
Which critical perspectives support
your interpretation?
Extended Essay Text 1: Othello
How does Shakespeare present
Desdemona?