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Oxford Literature Companions: Othello
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Book Description
Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role, genre, context, language, themes, structure, performance and critical views, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work wtih the text. Each book
also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers Othello by William Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Plot and Structure
- Plot
- Structure
- Context
- Literary source of the play
- Race
- Stereotypes
- Racial language
- Place
- Venice
- Love, desire and the female
- Genre
- Othello as a tragedy
- Political or private tragedy?
- Order and disorder
- Villains and victims
- Aristotle, tragedy and Othello
- Othello as a tragic hero
- The tragic death
- Characterization and Roles
- Othello
- Iago
- Desdemona
- Emilia and Bianca
- Cassio and Roderigo
- Brabantio
- Language
- Elevated language
- Linguistic patterns
- Persuasive language
- Symbolism
- Imagery
- Performance
- Performance as a reading
- Concepts underpinning performance
- Representing race
- Performing Othello
- Performing Iago
- Performing Desdemona
- Themes
- Jealousy
- Disorder and chaos
- Appearance and reality
- Role-playing and storytelling
- Power, honour and honesty
- Critical Views
- Reading positions and approaches
- Beginning to apply critical views
- Developing your own readings
- Skills and Practice
- Exam skills
- Sample answers
- Sample questions
- Glossary
- Back Cover
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