Starter quiz
- What does the term cuckolded mean?
- A man whose wife has been unfaithful has been 'cuckolded' ✓
- A woman whose husband has been unfaithful has been 'cuckolded'
- A man that gets passed over for a promotion has been 'cuckolded'
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- Jacobean men feared being 'cuckolded' because they believed it threatened their...
- happiness.
- job.
- honour. ✓
- family.
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- How is jealousy a catalyst for all events in 'Othello'?
- Othello kills Desdemona due to his jealousy
- Iago seeks revenge on Othello due to suspecting he had an affair with Emilia ✓
- Bianca confronts Cassio about the handkerchief in his room
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- Which idea can be contested in reference to Shakespeare's 'Othello'?
- that Iago manipulates Othello
- that male pride affects Othello’s jealousy
- that jealousy is the sole catalyst for Othello’s tragic end ✓
- that Othello is consumed with jealousy
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- Which factor contributes to Othello's jealousy and plays a role in his downfall in the play 'Othello'?
- male pride and dominance ✓
- fate and superstition
- military status
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- Which specific Jacobean belief about women may reflect the anger in Othello upon hearing of Desdemona's infidelity in 'Othello'?
- women were expected to be chaste ✓
- women were expected to be good mothers
- women were expected to do domestic chores
- women were expected to be confident
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Exit quiz
- Topic sentences can be ordered according to __________ and __________.
- length, complexity
- chronology, complexity ✓
- chronology, length
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- Starting with the first, order these topic sentences about 'Othello' according to chronology and complexity.
- 1⇔Through Iago, Shakespeare shows how jealousy and malcontent occur simultaneously
- 2⇔Shakespeare reveals that jealousy is infectious, as it soon spreads to Othello
- 3⇔Through the bloodshed, Shakespeare exposes the tragic ends of male jealousy
- What contextual idea could you draw upon to support the idea that male jealousy is particularly destructive in 'Othello'?
- racial prejudice in the Jacobean era was rife
- Jacobean people believed in the Great Chain of Being
- Jacobean men feared being cuckolded and thus emasculated and humiliated ✓
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- Match the quotes from 'Othello' to those that link to the best.
- ''It is the green-eyed monster''⇔"A horned man's a monster and a beast'' ✓
- ''devils will the blackest sins put on''⇔''hell and night must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light' ✓
- ''The Moor... changes with my poison''⇔''Pour this pestilence into his ear'' ✓
- ''I had rather be a toad''⇔''Play the swan and die in music'' ✓
- ''She was chaste''⇔''Out, strumpet'' ✓
- Which quote from 'Othello' is the odd one out and does not link to the other quotes?
- ''Not poppy nor mandragora shall ever medicine thee''
- ''Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners''
- ''Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire!” ✓
- ''As if he plucked kisses up by the roots that grew upon my lips''
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- Which contextual point can you use to support Othello's perceived outsider status being more detrimental than his jealousy in the play 'Othello'?
- racial prejudice was rife at the time of writing and society was insular ✓
- men feared being cuckolded
- women were expected to be chaste and obedient
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Topic sentences should develop in a sequence, to maintain focus on the argument.
- Connotations of words and images should be linked to other examples that either compound or contrast their effect.
- You can use context to evaluate different interpretations and support the overarching argument.
Common misconception
Context is separate to ideas and analysis.
Context is not an add on for an essay, it is something that can shape arguments.
Keywords
Chronology - the arrangement of events in order of their occurrence.
Complexity - the state of being intricate or complicated.
Corrosive - the ability to destroy or damage gradually.
Cuckoldry - the state of being a cuckold: a man whose wife has been unfaithful.
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