Dramatic Encounters- Exploring Conflict by Eleanor Chitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt Othello en-us 2016-06-10 12:04:30 UTC 2026-01-25 18:26:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Week 1 Context- Group 1 emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114317455 Read the source and find answers to the questions
1. What did contemporary audiences think about dominant women?
2. What is Iago's notion of women's role?
3. What does Othello mean when he compares Desdemona to a hawk?]]> 2016-06-10 12:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114317455 Week 1  Context- Group 2 emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114322485 Read the source and find answers to the questions
1. How did contemporary audiences view women?
2. How is Emilia a dominant woman? Find 2 reasons.
3. How is Desdemona shown to be powerful?]]> 2016-06-10 12:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114322485 Week 1 emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114323044 You will be looking at context to Othello. Make sure you do the activities for your group and bring the answers to class.]]> 2016-06-10 12:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114323044 Week 1 Context- Group 3 emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114325496 Read the source and answer the questions.
1. What were Seventeenth Century attitudes to race and how does Shakespeare portray them?
2. Why does the writer of this article feel that Shakespeare created racial tension?
3. Is his portrayal of Othello racist?

]]> 2016-06-10 13:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114325496 emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114329330 Week 1 Context- Group 4
Read the source and answer the questions.
1. Could class give you power in Venetian society? Give evidence.
2. Why was marriage desirable for women at this time?
3. Why does the writer of this essay feel that Othello is marginalised in the private and social domain? Give evidence.

]]> 2016-06-10 13:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/114329330 Half term reading emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131733785 https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/racism-misogyny-and-motiveless-malignity-in-Othello

]]> 2016-10-19 10:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131733785 Extended reading emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131734178 2016-10-19 10:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131734178 Half term tasks- read and make notes in your green book.  The extended reading is an option. Be ready to find evidence on how themes of misogyny and racism are developed in Othello. emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131734443
You also need to read Act 2 in detail and use No Fear Shakespeare to translate meaning if necessary. ]]> 2016-10-19 10:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131734443 A feminist reading of Othello. emechitham https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131739624 2016-10-19 11:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emechitham/3lv9u4eoohbt/wish/131739624