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Introduction to Shakespeare's Othello

William Shakespeare

Born April 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon

He studied Latin, Greek, history, music, math and astronomy.

Probably started off as an actor

Wrote 38 plays of different genres

Wrote 4 long poems and a sonnet cycle

Shakespeare Vocabulary

Meter, sonnet, aside, allusion,tragic flaw, tragic hero, couplet

Verse vs prose

A verse is a poem that has rhyme and is organized with the same amount of syllables

A prose is Ordinary written language that does not rhyme and organized in sentences

Meter

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

is the reason for rhyme

Sonnet

14 line poem

organized in three quatrains

takes a break after couplet

Foil

A character who has an attitude or personality that contrast the personality of another character

Allusion

Is a reference to a person, place, or piece of literature.

Shakespeare uses many allusions from greek and roman literature.

Tragedy

A serious play about a downfall of a hero

Hero is lead into fatal calamity

Tragic affect depends on the audience

Tragic flaw

A defect in the hero that leads to their downfall

Othello

is a tragedy

Fascination with evil

Study of very deadly events

written in 1604

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