NELSON MANDELA....Animal Farm resource...

Which character does this GREAT MAN resemble in Orwell's novel? How can his experience be linked to the text?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w

The women of Hull in 1968 fighting for the safety of their men....This links to Hull's TRIPLE TRAWLER TRAGEDY....A massive moment in the history of my city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTN0vN_kKyM

OTHELLO ESSAY for Y12..final notes...

Today was the final session exploring possible content for the essay....

‘The conclusion to the play makes it impossible to view the character of Othello as anything other than a tragic hero.’

To what extent do you agree with this view?

STRUCTURE...

• Strong personal voice that allows the examiner to comprehend the nature of your critical argument.

• The MODELLING PARAGRAPH.

• The next paragraph needs to explore Othello's HAMARTIA and how this is, once more, a convention that Aristotle discussed in the POETICS. It could be argued that Shakespeare is shaping the character of Othello to be perceived as a tragic character. What is the flaw that is exploited by Iago? Is it Othello's inability to comprehend the complexity of human emotion due to 'the flinty and steel couch of war being his thrice-driven bed of down' ? Or is it the fact that his own humanity and insecurity is used against him? Remember that Iago states in his first soliloquy that 'the Moor is of a free and open nature, that thinks men honest that but seem to be so..' SO...is his decency and honesty his HAMARTIA? Why is this reading of the play so terrifying?

• THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PARAGRAPH IS THIS paragraph needs to state whether you view Othello as a tragic hero or a tragic victim. THE FOCUS MUST BE HIS FINAL SPEECH IN ACT5 SCENE2. After his ANAGNORISIS, does he display any personal enlightenment or self-knowledge? Or is he still an ignorant murdering ego-maniac? Is he an 'HONOURABLE MURDERER'? Does his belief that he must suffer eternal damnation make him a tragic hero?  Don't forget, we have discussed the idea that he rediscovers the heightened poetry of the tragic hero but fails to recapture his sense of personal dignity and authority. How should the audience view him as he kills himself 'to die upon a kiss'?  

• THE IAGO PARAGRAPH needs to explore the meaning being shaped by Shakespeare through this symbolic character. This is the paragraph that needs to explore how and why the audience may feel their own sense of  PITY and FEAR. IAGO is a crucial character for Shakespeare when framing the sense of pity and fear. Who do we pity? Desdemona? Othello? Iago? Emilia? What is it about the power of Iago that the audience might fear? ALVIN KERNAN describes Desdemona and Iago as 'the two moral poles of the play'. He explores their contrasting moral symbolism: 'Desdemona is a life force that strives for order, community, growth and light. Iago is an anti-life force that seeks anarchy, death and darkness.'  

• CONCLUSION.....I've talked enough about the conclusion. Move beyond a consideration of Aristotle. Arthur Miller?

HOMEWORK: I expect the essay to be handed to me on THURSDAY morning or sent to my email on WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I expect the essay, not counting the modelling paragraph, to be around 1200/1400 words. I am after a precise critical argument that demonstrates an excellent understanding of the play and considers the play within the context of the genre of tragedy.

I expect this essay to reflect the amount of time that we have spent discussing possible content. 

GOOD LUCK LIT FREAKS.

OTHELLO..links to Windrush and Hate crimes..

The WINDRUSH moment is a NATIONAL SCANDAL....
https://www.channel4.com/news/home-office-ignored-windrush-warnings-says-nao
Spike in Hate crimes...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45874265
Here is a link to ALL the Channel Four News reports linked to this NATIONAL DISGRACE:
https://www.channel4.com/news/the-windrush-generation-fighting-to-be-british

I think the play OTHELLO, and the fact that this play reflects the human consequence of hate and prejudice, is, unfortunately, incredibly relevant in 2018.

ALEC GILL'S PHOTOGRAPHY...Link to Tony Harrison..

I made this film last year to document the work of ALEC GILL. This HULL photographer captured the culture of Hull's fishing industry and documented the culture of the Hessle Road community. What does his work tell us about the significance of culture? How does his work compare with the aim of Tony Harrison's poetry? Are they both creating art for a similar audience? How do both represent working-class experience?
https://vimeo.com/241312070

MUSICAL REFERENCES IN V...

Herman Darewski's band....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY-fHnjbIdE
Alban Berg..The Lulu Suite...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025dWp9OVYA

JONATHAN PIE on HOMELESSNESS...

SATIRE reveals truth and can expose the absurdity of some political ideas. Pie clearly links to Dickens. OR DOES HE?
WATCH THIS....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIRht6O7sCQ