Othello Introduction

Othello by William Shakespeare, Act One Review

Open Ended

Consider what we have read so far in Act One, Scenes 1-2. Analyze what is revealed about Othello by the events or dialogue of the text. Cite evidence to support your response.

​Standards

LAFS.1112.RL.1.3: Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed)

Multiple Select

Objectives: Hint--It's ALL of them!

• Analyze the impact of an author's choices regarding how to develop two or more elements of a story or drama 

• Analyze the impact of an author's choices regarding how to relate two or more elements of a story or drama 

• Analyze how conflict directly correlates to character development in a written response

Essential Question​

In what ways does conflict impact character development in Act One, Scene 3? What is revealed about characters by how they respond?​Cite evidence to support your response.

​Elements of Fiction

• Look at your "Drama/Story Elements Word Bank"

• ​1. Setting

• ​2. Theme

• ​3. Plot/Conflict

• ​4. Characterization

• ​5. Symbolism

• ​6. Style/Tone

• ​7. Mood

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​*Turn and talk to review our 7 elements*

Act One, Scene 3​

PAGES 11-21

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Multiple Select

What statement(s) or action(s) lead to a shift in advancement in the events of the story? Select TWO

• "Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you/ Against the general enemy Ottoman" (1.3.50-55).

• "My daughter! Oh, my daughter!" (1.3.55-56).

• "Whoe'er he be that in this foul proceeding/Hath thus beguiled your daughter of herself and you of her" (1.3.65-70).

• "And I a heavy interim shall support/By his dear absence. Let me go with him" (1.3.250-255).

Multiple Choice

Analyze what is revealed about Duke's character by the following dialogue:

"Be it as you shall privately determine/Either for her stay or going. Th' affair cries haste/And speed must answer it" (1.3.270-273).

• Shakespeare develops neutrality through the character of the Duke

• The Duke is poignant due to his position in society

• The Duke, agreeing with Brabantio, still wishes Othello to remain on task

• The Duke, in agreeance with Othello, supports the two going together.

Multiple Choice

Which decision is provoked by the dialogue between Brabantio, Othello, Desdemona, and the Duke?

• Othello must join the war against the Ottoman empire

• Othello and Desdemona must continue living in secrecy

• Desdemona decides to move out of her father's house

• Desdemona and Othello will travel together

Multiple Choice

Part A: How does the point of view of the Duke help to advance the plot/conflict?

• The Duke offers a neutral point of view that allows readers to understand that Brabantio is the only hatred against Othello

• The Duke's point of view helps develop the theme of acceptance, thus advancing the plot in a less conflicted direction

• The Duke's point of view mirrors Brabantio and Lago's, telling readers Othello will struggle at war

• The Duke's point of view allows both lovers to sail together to fight in the war

Multiple Select

Part B: Select TWO quotes that best support your response to Part A.

• "At nine i' th' morning here we'll meet again" (1.3.274-275).

• "Either for her stay or going" (1.3.271-272).

• "If virtue no delighted beauty lack, Your son-in- law is far more fair than black" (1.3.280-286).

• "When remedies are past, the griefs are ended/ By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended" (1.3.200-205).

Open Ended

Essential-Question (Short-Answer). You will respond on the back of your graphic organizer.

In what ways does conflict impact character development in Act One, Scene 3? What is revealed about characters by how they respond? You must select at least 2 characters and 2 conflicts. ​Cite evidence to support your response.