and pick up a copy of Othello.
Today: We reviewed the vocabulary for Friday's test. More review tomorrow. Be sure to read your USSR book, especially when you miss class.
I collected the scenes you wrote during class yesterday. I'll edit them closely and return them to you. Look carefully at my suggestions as you don't want to make these errors on your final copy of the story which is due on Monday.
Othello: Be sure to get the notes from a partner. We took notes on the background of the play, the tone of scene 1, and we have read the first few pages.
Review how to cite a play: Use the act, scene and line number instead of the page number: "I am not what I am" (1.1.65).
Since a play is all speech, the convention is to use double quotation marks only.
What do we learn about Cassio, Roderigo, and Iago in the first few pages?
What is the psychological tone?
Where is the play set?
What is an ensign or ancient?
What position does Cassio receive?
Why does Iago think he should have received the position?
What does Brabantio do for a living?
Name three rude names for Othello.
How do you cite from a play?
Is the title of a play underlined or in quotation marks? Why?
Both men want something they cannot have. By the end of the scene, figure out how each man will be satisfied.
Iago has most of the lines in the first scene. Why? What do you notice about the way he talks? He tells people what they want to hear. Why do people listen to him?
Homework: Focus on writing a draft of your story.
