11.3 Writing about Othello in terms of a general focus

1. central conflict

2. secondary conflicts, relate to central conflict

3. structure (we will do this next week)

4. main character (protagonist) => describe

5. antagonist (person, environment, social force?)

6. other characters => provide explostion? serve as foils? present parallels?

7. time/setting

8.  title

9. theme

10. tragedy? comedy?  mixture? does it matter?

11.  realistic?  theatrical devices? affect experience of the play?

You worked in groups to:1) identify any points you might make about Othello with respect to this focus, and to identify the particular scenes/sections of the play you would use as evidence to support your discussion.

We went through the reports very quickly.  Make sure to post your writing for to the Drama page for homework.

Read: Ch 17, Dramatic structure (you don’t need to read Antigone, => instead read Othello and apply the questions to that play)

Write: a scene by analysis (we will talk more about this in class)=> post to the Drama page.