YEAR 12 ..OTHELLO....15th Nov 2018.

Today we completed our reading of the play so next week we begin to discuss OTHELLO within the context of tragedy and attempt to provide answers to some key questions:

• IS OTHELLO A TRAGIC HERO?
• CAN THE TRAGIC CONCEPT OF HAMARTIA BE APPLIED TO THE CHARACTER OF OTHELLO?
• TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A CONTEMPORARY PLAY?
• WHAT ARE THE KEY THEMES BEING EXPLORED BY SHAKEY?
• WHY IS IAGO SUCH A MAGNIFICENT WORK OF ART?
• HOW SHOULD THE AUDIENCE FEEL AT THE END OF THE PLAY? TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCED THE EMOTIONS OF  'PITY and FEAR' or 'PITY and TERROR' ?
• TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE WITH THE CRITICAL OPINION OF A.C BRADLEY, F.R.LEAVIS or T.S.ELIOT?
• HOW CAN MILLER OR SHELLEY'S VIEW OF TRAGEDY BE APPLIED TO THE PLAY?

Here is a link to my OTHELLO PODCAST....You must listen to this before the next session as it will inform our class discusion:
https://soundcloud.com/fishymedia/othello-pod

This is a link to the National Theatre resource that presents an introduction to Greek Tragedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSr6mP-zxUc&t=69s 

Here is a link to a blog entry from September that contains some excellent resources for students to digest:
https://becuriouslit.blogspot.com/2018/09/othelloyear12sept-18.html

Here are some more Othello resources:
LANGUAGE IN OTHELLO....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhHBQRJUcQ
Opening section of Act 5 Scene 2....RSC 2015...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaIQ2Rv35ng
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY REHEARSE Act 5 Scene 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPZf6SjCMo
THIS IS THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S YOU TUBE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING ZONE. CHECK THE OTHELLO RESOURCES. They are fascinating:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjz6LNDQOWaCkQegAHxyo2g
Here is a link to the OTHELLO RESOURCES on The Royal Shakespeare Company's Website:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/othello