prompts

prompts

1. describe the course of Iago's deception of Othello, showing which incidents were planned and which were opportunitic. does Iago succeed by skill or luck?

2. discuss how age, social position and race impact the relationship between Othello and Desdemona

3. What is Othello's flaw, and explain how he is truly a tragic hero

4. how does Othello change throughout

5. how loyalty is presented as a positive and a negative quality throughout the play

6. compare and contrast the jealousy of Othello to that of Iago

7. how does desdamona's dying assertion that she killed herself effect how you see her character and how women are perceived

8. in what ways do Othello's suicide strengthen or undermine his heroism? A: His heroism is depicted within his flaws and his noble manner, this presents his humble self as a hero as we see his resilience against comments on his race, age (insecurities). Al5hough once manipulations had been placed on him and his mindset on desdamona was changed and killed her, she saw him as pathetic and an over-reacting character dramatic irony was used as we see desdamona didn't deserve to be killed. His suicide was committed once he found out his mistake, depicting how much pain he left and his condolences by offering himself to her and giving himself the same punishment he gave her for being innocent and a perfect wife.

9. themes?: love, jealousy, revenge, death, manipulation.

10. how do Othello's flaws lead to his demise (insecurities): Othello's insecurities can be based on the particular elements in which specific people target through the book. These elements include his race (outsider), his age, and his social position. His harmatia that leads him to downfall is the jealousy that overtook him and brought him to the decision of killing the innocent desdamna, and then himself. He had believed Iago as he comprehended that Desdemona could possibly be committing adultery as Cassio is a perfect man, young, a Venetian, and has an impressive rank.

11. how does Shakespeares use of language reveal character?: The language depicts the behaviour and the intentions of each character. We see Othello's language at the beginning of the tragedy, in which presented himself as a formal and respectful man. Yet, Once Iago affects Othello and transforms him into another version of Iago, contrast is used within th elanyage as it changed darstically compared to the begging for he story and how Othello started speaking after Iago took control.