How Can Othello Be Considered A Noble Protagonist
Level 3 Essay Questions: NOVEL
Plan each of the following essay questions.
Write the introduction for each.
Develop at least 2 of these before exams.
Hand into your teacher and take note of the feedback so you can aim to get to the next level of achievement.
Choose ONE topic.
Read the whole topic and make sure you understand it before you begin your answer.
Write an essay of AT LEAST 400 words.
Your essay should develop a critical response based on close analysis of appropriate text(s).
You should support your ideas with relevant evidence.
You will be rewarded for demonstrating perceptive understanding and sustained insight.
Your essay should include:
• an introduction, clearly stating the focus and scope of the argument
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Shakespearean dramas are often studies of human frailty.
Use Othello to focus a discussion on the extent to which this is true.
4. Using detailed supporting evidence, discuss the extent to which ONE of the following is a central theme or motif in the play:
Honesty Jealousy Vengeance
5. Shakespeare’s tragedies generally conclude with the downfall and death of the noble protagonist. Discuss with detailed supporting evidence, whether or not Othello can be considered a ‘noble protagonist’, given his murderous actions at the end of the play.
6. Discuss with detailed supporting evidence, whether or not Othello can be considered a ‘noble protagonist’, given his murderous actions at the end of the play.
7. “In a tragedy, conflict and suffering draw out the true nature of the chief characters inch by inch.” What do we learn in this way about “the true nature” of Desdemona?
8. Use the two following passages as the starting point for a discussion of Othello’s weaknesses. Your discussion should involve comparison of the passages AND some consideration of the play as a whole.
ACT FOUR, SCENE ONE Lines 34-50 ACT FIVE, SCENE TWO Lines 1-22
Level 3 Essay Questions: VISUAL TEXT
Plan each of the following essay questions.
Write the introduction for
Plan each of the following essay questions.
Write the introduction for each.
Develop at least 2 of these before exams.
Hand into your teacher and take note of the feedback so you can aim to get to the next level of achievement.
Choose ONE topic.
Read the whole topic and make sure you understand it before you begin your answer.
Write an essay of AT LEAST 400 words.
Your essay should develop a critical response based on close analysis of appropriate text(s).
You should support your ideas with relevant evidence.
You will be rewarded for demonstrating perceptive understanding and sustained insight.
Your essay should include:
• an introduction, clearly stating the focus and scope of the argument
• a range of appropriate …show more content…
Shakespearean dramas are often studies of human frailty.
Use Othello to focus a discussion on the extent to which this is true.
4. Using detailed supporting evidence, discuss the extent to which ONE of the following is a central theme or motif in the play:
Honesty Jealousy Vengeance
5. Shakespeare’s tragedies generally conclude with the downfall and death of the noble protagonist. Discuss with detailed supporting evidence, whether or not Othello can be considered a ‘noble protagonist’, given his murderous actions at the end of the play.
6. Discuss with detailed supporting evidence, whether or not Othello can be considered a ‘noble protagonist’, given his murderous actions at the end of the play.
7. “In a tragedy, conflict and suffering draw out the true nature of the chief characters inch by inch.” What do we learn in this way about “the true nature” of Desdemona?
8. Use the two following passages as the starting point for a discussion of Othello’s weaknesses. Your discussion should involve comparison of the passages AND some consideration of the play as a whole.
ACT FOUR, SCENE ONE Lines 34-50 ACT FIVE, SCENE TWO Lines 1-22
Level 3 Essay Questions: VISUAL TEXT
Plan each of the following essay questions.
Write the introduction for