Section: Othello | ENGLISH LITERATURE

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Othello
- Critical Essays Pack for Othello File
  
  This is a resource that we bought as a department this year, taking you through the essays in the tragedy booklet. There are also some extra pieces in there that you can use. You will need to use the code zz2ghc4.
- Critical approaches to Othello British Library File
- Critical approaches to Othello British Library File
- Notes on Othello from Tragedy a Student Handbook File
- Honesty to speak: Speech and Silence in Othello File
- It is not words that shake me thus File
- The Fun of the Hunt in Othello File
- Language and Othello's Decline File
- Power struggles File
- Venice in Shakespeare's time File
- Exam essays Folder
- Unpicking Honigman's arguments File
- Using FR Leavis' arguments from Critical Anthology File
- Othello 'Walk-Through' Folder
- Act 1 of New Cambridge Shakespeare Scanned File
- Audiovisual - analysing different essays File
- Guided Question Worksheet on Desdemona File
- The Women in Othello Critical Approaches - Extract from EMC Book File
- Othello Acts 1-3 Presentations (M1) Folder
- Othello Presentations Acts 1-3 (C1) Folder
- Introduction to Newest New Cambridge Shakespeare Edition File
  
  This is an extended introduction to the newest edition of the New Cambridge Shakespeare.
  
  Useful to read and summarise as part of your revision...
- JA cover 18.3.20 AS lit File
- First Othello Essay File
  
  A structured, guided essay on the first scene of the play. 500 words
- Questions on Act two scene one File
- Part two of questions on Act two scene one File
- Close analysis of speeches Act2sc1 File
- Othello Act 2 Scene 3 Ordering Activity File
  
  Organisation of events in the action-packed opening of Act 2 Scene 3.
- Act 1 Scene 3 File
- Structure of 'Othello' File
  
  A chart to represent the structure of 'Othello.' To be used in conjunction with the estream video of the same name.
- Scene lengths in 'Othello' File
  
  A chart of scene lengths to accompany the estream video on the structure of 'Othello.'
- The Structure of Othello File
  
  A diagram of how the tension mounts in 'Othello.' Use in conjunction with the estream video on the structure of 'Othello.'
- AO2 powerpoint File
  
  A short ppt on how AO2 is assessed in drama. Use in conjunction with estream video on structure.
- Consolidating Acts one and Two File
  
  A worksheet offering some creative activities to help you to consoldiate the first two acts of the play.
- Psychiatrist's report on Iago. Act two scene three File
  
  A role play activity encouraging you to think through Iago's motives and psyhological makeup based on Act two scene three of 'Othello.' Best done in pairs.
- Scene of crime question sheets based on Act two sc 3 File
  
  A role play activity imagining a detective questioning Cassio on his behaviour in Act Two scene three of the play. Best done in pairs.
- Examining Iago's Persuasive Techniques in Act 3 scene 3 File
  
  This activity requires you to go through Act three scene three very closely, identifying the persuasive techniques Iago uses. They are devastating!
- Gill's B block first years. Creative work on Othello Acts one and two. Assignment
  
  Please upload your creative responses to my task sheet on consolidating acts one and two here for everyone in the group to see.
- The Clown in Othello File
  
  An academic article on the role of the clown in Othello, to start preparing you for the AO5 element of the exam.
- Sequencing activity for Act three File
- Questions on Act four scene one of 'Othello' File
- Answers to Act three sequencing activity File
- A model A Level Paragraph on Othello File
  
  An exercise in working out the key features of an A level paragraph from an imagined essay on the presentation of Iago.
- Answers to A level paragraph exercise File
  
  Please make sure you do the exercise before you look at the answers!
- Questions on Act four scene two of 'Othello.' File
- Women in Venetian Society File
- Act five questions File
- Othello Act five scene one questions File
- Critical Essays on Tragedy Pearson Edexcel Anthology File
  
  This is the anthology of critical essays on tragedy and on Othello that you will need for our study of the play as we revisit it in the second year.
- Critical Overview from York Notes 2010 File
  
  A useful 3-page summary of the way critical viewpoints relating to 'Othello' have developed over time. Coleridge, Bradley, Leavis, Loomba and more.
- Zig Zag Publication Guide to Critical Anthology code zz2ghc4 File
  
  Useful step-by-step guide to the exam board Critical Anthology on Othello
- Othello Contexts and Discussion of Desdemona File
- A C Bradley Writing about Cassio and Emilia File
- Past Questions and Exemplar Responses File
  
  All the past questions from previous exam papers, plus some made up by the department, with indicative content and exemplar answers. Use them to practice plans and actual essays. See if you can mark your own work, using the exemplars.