If you were absent today, we added the next two words on the list, clamber and gesticulate. We also reviewed and took notes on Act 1, Scene 1, so be sure to get the notes from a friend. We read scene 2 in partners and created a chart on the character of Othello.
We added the following literary terms: blank verse, iambic pentametre, prose, an iamb. Google these terms or borrow the notes.
Finally, we assigned Act 1, scene 3 to be read for homework. Start on the second page of scene 3 and read until the end.
Look carefully at the speeches by Othello and Desdemona. How do they justify their elopement?Why can't Brabantio believe that Desdemona has fallen in love? What is the play suggesting about society? Love? Control?
Is love a rational act?
Brabantio places a curse on Othello. Copy the line into your notebook.
The last two pages of the scene present Iago and Roderigo. How does Iago convince Roderigo to carry on? Look closely at his arguments? How valid are they?
