William Shakespeare wrote Othello in 1604. It is a tragedy about the downfall of Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, whose jealousy is manipulated by his ensign Iago. Iago convinces Othello that his wife Desdemona has been unfaithful with his lieutenant Cassio, which leads Othello to murder Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage. The document provides context on Shakespeare, key terminology used in Othello like verse, meter, and tragedy, as well as themes and characters in the play.
The document discusses three points of view in writing:
1) First-person point of view is told from the perspective of one character using pronouns like "I" and "me".
2) Second-person point of view is rarely used and tells the story using "you".
3) Third-person point of view is the most common and uses pronouns like "he", "she", or "it" to refer to characters. It can be either third-person omniscient, where the reader knows all characters' thoughts, or third-person limited, where the perspective is of one character.
Arthur Miller is an American playwright best known for writing Death of a Salesman in 1949. The play was a major success, winning numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. It depicts the struggles of aging salesman Willy Loman and became widely influential by resonating with audiences' experiences of American dreams and family struggles. Miller also wrote other acclaimed plays like All My Sons and The Crucible, and faced persecution during the McCarthy era for refusing to name communist associates.
This document provides details for costume design for a production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It". It discusses the historical context of 16th/17th century France. Main characters like Rosalind and Celia will have costumes that transform as their identities change. The production style will blend realism, using 1600s fashion, with non-realism reflecting the play's language. Relationship diagrams and character descriptions inform the costume designs. Costume sketches are provided for various characters to depict their roles in the production.
Here are three potential locations for the eavesdropper:
1. In the garden near an open window, partially concealed by bushes or vines but able to clearly hear the conversation inside.
2. On a nearby balcony or upper floor, looking down on the scene and able to listen without being seen.
3. Behind a large statue or decorative element in the courtyard, able to peek around and see/hear what's happening without drawing attention.
The key is finding a spot that provides cover but also a clear line of sight and sound to do the job effectively without being detected. Proximity while maintaining concealment is important.
The document defines the novel and discusses its key elements. It begins by exploring the origins of the term novel and how it has been defined by various scholars. Some of the essential elements or features of the novel that are discussed include theme, plot, characters, setting, and narrative technique/point of view. An example of the classic novel "Silas Marner" by George Eliot is provided to illustrate these concepts. Finally, some common types of novels are identified such as social novels, historical novels, regional novels, and picaresque novels.
George and Lennie arrive at their new ranch jobs. [1] They meet their boss and are shown to their bunk by Candy. [2] George warns Lennie to avoid Curley, the boss's son, and his flirtatious wife. [3] They also meet some of the other ranch hands, establishing the characters and social dynamics that will be important in the story.
Symbolism in literature provides meaning beyond just the literal words. Universal symbols that most readers share cultural understanding of can represent important ideas and themes. Symbolism brings characters and plots to life in a vivid way by using symbols like seasons, colors, nature imagery, and character names to represent deeper meanings. Recognizing symbols helps readers gain new insights into the text and themes. Common symbols include nature imagery like water, fire, seasons; time of day; and character names. Symbolism is a tool authors use to emphasize ideas, develop characters, and add depth to their stories.
Samuel Richardson was an 18th century English novelist born in 1689. He came from a working class background but became a printer and master of the Stationers' Company. Richardson's first and most famous novel was Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, published in 1740. Written entirely in letters mostly by the heroine Pamela, it tells the story of a servant resisting her master's advances and eventually marrying him. Pamela was hugely popular and influential, establishing the epistolary novel genre. It addressed contemporary debates around appropriate female behavior and roles. Richardson made revisions over editions to make Pamela appear more equal to her husband in social class.
The document discusses three points of view in writing:
1) First-person point of view is told from the perspective of one character using pronouns like "I" and "me".
2) Second-person point of view is rarely used and tells the story using "you".
3) Third-person point of view is the most common and uses pronouns like "he", "she", or "it" to refer to characters. It can be either third-person omniscient, where the reader knows all characters' thoughts, or third-person limited, where the perspective is of one character.
Arthur Miller is an American playwright best known for writing Death of a Salesman in 1949. The play was a major success, winning numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. It depicts the struggles of aging salesman Willy Loman and became widely influential by resonating with audiences' experiences of American dreams and family struggles. Miller also wrote other acclaimed plays like All My Sons and The Crucible, and faced persecution during the McCarthy era for refusing to name communist associates.
This document provides details for costume design for a production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It". It discusses the historical context of 16th/17th century France. Main characters like Rosalind and Celia will have costumes that transform as their identities change. The production style will blend realism, using 1600s fashion, with non-realism reflecting the play's language. Relationship diagrams and character descriptions inform the costume designs. Costume sketches are provided for various characters to depict their roles in the production.
Here are three potential locations for the eavesdropper:
1. In the garden near an open window, partially concealed by bushes or vines but able to clearly hear the conversation inside.
2. On a nearby balcony or upper floor, looking down on the scene and able to listen without being seen.
3. Behind a large statue or decorative element in the courtyard, able to peek around and see/hear what's happening without drawing attention.
The key is finding a spot that provides cover but also a clear line of sight and sound to do the job effectively without being detected. Proximity while maintaining concealment is important.
The document defines the novel and discusses its key elements. It begins by exploring the origins of the term novel and how it has been defined by various scholars. Some of the essential elements or features of the novel that are discussed include theme, plot, characters, setting, and narrative technique/point of view. An example of the classic novel "Silas Marner" by George Eliot is provided to illustrate these concepts. Finally, some common types of novels are identified such as social novels, historical novels, regional novels, and picaresque novels.
George and Lennie arrive at their new ranch jobs. [1] They meet their boss and are shown to their bunk by Candy. [2] George warns Lennie to avoid Curley, the boss's son, and his flirtatious wife. [3] They also meet some of the other ranch hands, establishing the characters and social dynamics that will be important in the story.
Symbolism in literature provides meaning beyond just the literal words. Universal symbols that most readers share cultural understanding of can represent important ideas and themes. Symbolism brings characters and plots to life in a vivid way by using symbols like seasons, colors, nature imagery, and character names to represent deeper meanings. Recognizing symbols helps readers gain new insights into the text and themes. Common symbols include nature imagery like water, fire, seasons; time of day; and character names. Symbolism is a tool authors use to emphasize ideas, develop characters, and add depth to their stories.
Samuel Richardson was an 18th century English novelist born in 1689. He came from a working class background but became a printer and master of the Stationers' Company. Richardson's first and most famous novel was Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, published in 1740. Written entirely in letters mostly by the heroine Pamela, it tells the story of a servant resisting her master's advances and eventually marrying him. Pamela was hugely popular and influential, establishing the epistolary novel genre. It addressed contemporary debates around appropriate female behavior and roles. Richardson made revisions over editions to make Pamela appear more equal to her husband in social class.
There are four types of characterization: physical description, speech and actions, direct narrator comment, and other characters' speech and actions. There are also four types of characters: round characters who are complex and develop, dynamic characters who change over the story, flat characters described by one or two traits, and static characters who don't change. Major characters are usually round or three-dimensional, changing as a result of events, while minor characters are often flat or two-dimensional, lacking depth or balance. The protagonist is the main character, the antagonist opposes the protagonist, and a foil provides a contrast to the protagonist.
This document provides an overview of various feminist perspectives on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. Early feminist critics suggested Shakespeare sympathized with the difficulties of the female characters. However, later critics like Kathleen McLuskie argued the play is fundamentally misogynistic in portraying any resistance from female characters as unnatural. Coppélia Kahn presented a psychoanalytical reading suggesting Lear desires a mother figure from Cordelia. The document examines several scenes and speeches through the lens of different feminist theories to understand how the play reflects the patriarchal values of its time.
Foreshadowing is a literary device that hints at future events in a story. It creates suspense by setting up expectations in the reader through recurring symbols, character reactions, settings, dialogue, and more. Examples include a mother's concern for her daughter in Little Red Riding Hood foreshadowing the appearance of the wolf, and Indiana Jones commenting on unstable ground before an earthquake. Foreshadowing has been used for centuries in literature to surprise readers or shift the mood.
David Herbert Lawrence was a British writer born in 1885 in Eastwood, England. Some of his notable works include the novels Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Sons and Lovers, published in 1913, is semi-autobiographical and focuses on the protagonist Paul Morel and his complex relationship with his mother. It explores themes of social class differences and Freudian psychoanalysis. The story follows Paul's love interests in Miriam and Clara and how he struggles with his mother's suffocating control over him. Lawrence drew from his own upbringing and relationships in the former mining community of Eastwood as inspiration for the novel.
This document provides an overview of a thesis proposal that will analyze Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman and the downfall of the main character, Willy Loman. The proposal outlines that the play will be examined through the lens of Willy Loman's misunderstanding of the American Dream. The objectives are to investigate how Willy's view of the American Dream led to his downfall by comparing his actions and beliefs to the true meaning of the Dream. A literature review is presented analyzing sources that discuss the American Dream concept in society at that time. The methodology will use a new historicist approach to analyze Willy's character development within the social context of the play.
This document discusses interpreting the meanings of words through denotation and connotation.
Denotation refers to the literal or exact meaning of a word, while connotation refers to the implied or hidden meaning that gives a word more emotional impact. Connotations can be positive, negative, or neutral.
Tone refers to the author's attitude conveyed in their writing, while mood refers to the general atmosphere created. Both tone and mood are established through an author's word choices.
The document provides examples to distinguish between objective and subjective writing. Objective writing presents many points of view without bias, while subjective writing has been influenced by the perspective of the speaker or writer.
GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN POE’S SHORT STORIESRanjanvelari
This document discusses Gothic elements in some of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. It analyzes the Gothic elements present in "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Cask of Amontillado". Some key Gothic elements mentioned are decaying settings, themes of death and the supernatural, insanity, isolation, and mysteries or secrets. The document also provides plot summaries and discusses how specific elements like the architecture, lighting, and settings contribute to the Gothic tone in Poe's stories.
The play "Look Back in Anger" follows Jimmy Porter, an angry young man living in England with his wife Alison. Jimmy constantly insults and provokes both Alison and their friend Cliff through his rants. Alison reveals to Cliff that she is pregnant, though hasn't told Jimmy. Over time, Jimmy's outbursts escalate and Alison decides to leave with her friend Helena, though has second thoughts. In the final act, Alison returns after losing the baby, and finds that her suffering has allowed her and Jimmy to reconnect.
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He showed an early talent for writing and began his career as a reporter after leaving home. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver in Italy where he was injured. This experience inspired his novel A Farewell to Arms. Throughout his life, Hemingway struggled with depression and alcoholism. He took his own life in 1961 at the age of 61.
This document defines drama and provides details about its purpose and typical form and features. Drama tells a story through dialogue and action, with the goal of entertaining audiences and provoking thought or emotion. Plays consist of spoken dialogue and stage directions that describe setting, character movement, and more. There is usually a protagonist and antagonist, and conflict can take various forms, such as person against self or society. Dramatic structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
William Sidney Porter, who wrote under the pen name O. Henry, was born in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He had a daughter with his wife Athol who died of tuberculosis in 1897. Porter worked as a bank teller but was convicted of embezzlement in 1898 and served three years in prison. He supported himself through short story writing, publishing over 600 stories in his lifetime. Some of his most famous stories include The Gift of the Magi and The Ransom of Red Chief, known for their surprise endings and depictions of ordinary people. O. Henry died in 1910 but his stories continued to be popular collections after his death.
This document provides context and summaries of characters and plot points from J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls. The play is set in 1912 and tells the story of the Birling family, a wealthy industrialist family, who are visited one evening by an inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman named Eva Smith. Through his interrogation of the various family members and their fiancé Gerald Croft, it is revealed that each person's individual actions contributed to Eva's downward spiral and eventual death. The document analyzes the characters, their roles and evolution over the course of the play, as well as Priestley's intentions and themes regarding social responsibility.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play by Oscar Wilde set in late Victorian England that satirizes the hypocrisy of society. It follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff who both pretend to have wicked brothers named Ernest to escape social obligations. Their deceptions are exposed when the women they are engaged to, Gwendolen and Cecily, meet and each insists she is engaged to "Ernest." It is revealed that Jack is actually Lady Bracknell's long lost nephew, and his real name was Ernest all along, allowing the engagements to proceed.
J.B. Priestley was a British writer born in 1894 who wrote the play An Inspector Calls. He grew up in Yorkshire and worked as a clerk before fighting in WWI, experiences that shaped his socialist views. Priestley believed people must care for one another regardless of class. The play is set in 1912 Birmingham during a time of social stratification and no welfare state. It critiques the capitalist class for treating the working class as disposable. The characters each contribute to the suicide of a young woman, Eva Smith, showing how individuals' actions impact society.
The story is about a princess who is jealous of her lover's interest in another woman. When he is brought before the king, who is known to make rash decisions, she is given the choice to decide his fate. She can choose for him to be thrown to a tiger or sent behind a door to be with the woman. The outcome will determine if her lover lives or dies, based on her choice.
Lysistrata: Aristotle,Plot,Character,ThemeGareth Hill
This document provides information about preparing for an exam on the Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. It discusses the exam format which is split into 3 sections, with 1 question to be answered from each section. Sample questions are provided that focus on rehearsal strategies for an extract and interpreting the play for a modern audience. The document also covers activities for understanding character, theme, and plot based on Aristotle's Poetics, including developing masks, readings, and identifying themes. Students are guided to consider adapting the play for modern audiences.
Pip is the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. As a child, he meets the wealthy but eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella. Pip falls in love with Estella but she treats him coldly. Later, Pip receives a mysterious fortune and moves to London to become a gentleman. He learns that the source of his fortune was actually a convict named Magwitch, not Miss Havisham as he had assumed. The novel follows Pip's personal growth and development as he matures and comes to understand the complex social hierarchies and characters that shaped his early life and expectations.
A symbol is something that represents something else. Symbols can take many forms including objects, pictures, written words, sounds, and numerals. Examples of common symbols include religious symbols, mathematical symbols, and political symbols like the maple leaf for Canada. Symbolism is used in writing to provide additional meaning beyond a literal description. For example, a storm could symbolize conflict or a transition from day to night could represent moving from goodness to evil. In literature, Lord of the Flies uses Ralph's conch shell to symbolize order versus Jack's savagery. Harry Potter also contains symbolism like snakes representing evil.
Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882 to an intellectual family. She had several nervous breakdowns throughout her life and eventually committed suicide in 1941. Her 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway follows Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked veteran Septimus Smith in a single day in June 1923 in post-WWI London. The story explores themes of mental illness, existentialism, and homosexuality through the characters' perceptions and memories. While Clarissa organizes a party, Septimus experiences hallucinations before committing suicide, which Clarissa interprets as an embrace of life. Woolf innovated the stream-of-consciousness technique to immerse readers in the characters' complex inner worlds.
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literature in english internal assesment guyana Carlos Gonsalves
1) The document provides a detailed analysis of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" focusing on the playwright's choices in characters, themes, symbols and settings.
2) It discusses major themes in the play like race, sexuality, jealousy and manipulation which are brought to life through characters like Othello, Desdemona, Iago and Cassio.
3) Symbols like the handkerchief and settings like Venice and Cyprus are also analyzed for the meanings and interpretations they provide about the events and mindsets in the play.
There are four types of characterization: physical description, speech and actions, direct narrator comment, and other characters' speech and actions. There are also four types of characters: round characters who are complex and develop, dynamic characters who change over the story, flat characters described by one or two traits, and static characters who don't change. Major characters are usually round or three-dimensional, changing as a result of events, while minor characters are often flat or two-dimensional, lacking depth or balance. The protagonist is the main character, the antagonist opposes the protagonist, and a foil provides a contrast to the protagonist.
This document provides an overview of various feminist perspectives on William Shakespeare's play King Lear. Early feminist critics suggested Shakespeare sympathized with the difficulties of the female characters. However, later critics like Kathleen McLuskie argued the play is fundamentally misogynistic in portraying any resistance from female characters as unnatural. Coppélia Kahn presented a psychoanalytical reading suggesting Lear desires a mother figure from Cordelia. The document examines several scenes and speeches through the lens of different feminist theories to understand how the play reflects the patriarchal values of its time.
Foreshadowing is a literary device that hints at future events in a story. It creates suspense by setting up expectations in the reader through recurring symbols, character reactions, settings, dialogue, and more. Examples include a mother's concern for her daughter in Little Red Riding Hood foreshadowing the appearance of the wolf, and Indiana Jones commenting on unstable ground before an earthquake. Foreshadowing has been used for centuries in literature to surprise readers or shift the mood.
David Herbert Lawrence was a British writer born in 1885 in Eastwood, England. Some of his notable works include the novels Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Sons and Lovers, published in 1913, is semi-autobiographical and focuses on the protagonist Paul Morel and his complex relationship with his mother. It explores themes of social class differences and Freudian psychoanalysis. The story follows Paul's love interests in Miriam and Clara and how he struggles with his mother's suffocating control over him. Lawrence drew from his own upbringing and relationships in the former mining community of Eastwood as inspiration for the novel.
This document provides an overview of a thesis proposal that will analyze Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman and the downfall of the main character, Willy Loman. The proposal outlines that the play will be examined through the lens of Willy Loman's misunderstanding of the American Dream. The objectives are to investigate how Willy's view of the American Dream led to his downfall by comparing his actions and beliefs to the true meaning of the Dream. A literature review is presented analyzing sources that discuss the American Dream concept in society at that time. The methodology will use a new historicist approach to analyze Willy's character development within the social context of the play.
This document discusses interpreting the meanings of words through denotation and connotation.
Denotation refers to the literal or exact meaning of a word, while connotation refers to the implied or hidden meaning that gives a word more emotional impact. Connotations can be positive, negative, or neutral.
Tone refers to the author's attitude conveyed in their writing, while mood refers to the general atmosphere created. Both tone and mood are established through an author's word choices.
The document provides examples to distinguish between objective and subjective writing. Objective writing presents many points of view without bias, while subjective writing has been influenced by the perspective of the speaker or writer.
GOTHIC ELEMENTS IN POE’S SHORT STORIESRanjanvelari
This document discusses Gothic elements in some of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. It analyzes the Gothic elements present in "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Cask of Amontillado". Some key Gothic elements mentioned are decaying settings, themes of death and the supernatural, insanity, isolation, and mysteries or secrets. The document also provides plot summaries and discusses how specific elements like the architecture, lighting, and settings contribute to the Gothic tone in Poe's stories.
The play "Look Back in Anger" follows Jimmy Porter, an angry young man living in England with his wife Alison. Jimmy constantly insults and provokes both Alison and their friend Cliff through his rants. Alison reveals to Cliff that she is pregnant, though hasn't told Jimmy. Over time, Jimmy's outbursts escalate and Alison decides to leave with her friend Helena, though has second thoughts. In the final act, Alison returns after losing the baby, and finds that her suffering has allowed her and Jimmy to reconnect.
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. He showed an early talent for writing and began his career as a reporter after leaving home. During World War I, he served as an ambulance driver in Italy where he was injured. This experience inspired his novel A Farewell to Arms. Throughout his life, Hemingway struggled with depression and alcoholism. He took his own life in 1961 at the age of 61.
This document defines drama and provides details about its purpose and typical form and features. Drama tells a story through dialogue and action, with the goal of entertaining audiences and provoking thought or emotion. Plays consist of spoken dialogue and stage directions that describe setting, character movement, and more. There is usually a protagonist and antagonist, and conflict can take various forms, such as person against self or society. Dramatic structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
William Sidney Porter, who wrote under the pen name O. Henry, was born in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He had a daughter with his wife Athol who died of tuberculosis in 1897. Porter worked as a bank teller but was convicted of embezzlement in 1898 and served three years in prison. He supported himself through short story writing, publishing over 600 stories in his lifetime. Some of his most famous stories include The Gift of the Magi and The Ransom of Red Chief, known for their surprise endings and depictions of ordinary people. O. Henry died in 1910 but his stories continued to be popular collections after his death.
This document provides context and summaries of characters and plot points from J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls. The play is set in 1912 and tells the story of the Birling family, a wealthy industrialist family, who are visited one evening by an inspector investigating the suicide of a young working-class woman named Eva Smith. Through his interrogation of the various family members and their fiancé Gerald Croft, it is revealed that each person's individual actions contributed to Eva's downward spiral and eventual death. The document analyzes the characters, their roles and evolution over the course of the play, as well as Priestley's intentions and themes regarding social responsibility.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a comic play by Oscar Wilde set in late Victorian England that satirizes the hypocrisy of society. It follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff who both pretend to have wicked brothers named Ernest to escape social obligations. Their deceptions are exposed when the women they are engaged to, Gwendolen and Cecily, meet and each insists she is engaged to "Ernest." It is revealed that Jack is actually Lady Bracknell's long lost nephew, and his real name was Ernest all along, allowing the engagements to proceed.
J.B. Priestley was a British writer born in 1894 who wrote the play An Inspector Calls. He grew up in Yorkshire and worked as a clerk before fighting in WWI, experiences that shaped his socialist views. Priestley believed people must care for one another regardless of class. The play is set in 1912 Birmingham during a time of social stratification and no welfare state. It critiques the capitalist class for treating the working class as disposable. The characters each contribute to the suicide of a young woman, Eva Smith, showing how individuals' actions impact society.
The story is about a princess who is jealous of her lover's interest in another woman. When he is brought before the king, who is known to make rash decisions, she is given the choice to decide his fate. She can choose for him to be thrown to a tiger or sent behind a door to be with the woman. The outcome will determine if her lover lives or dies, based on her choice.
Lysistrata: Aristotle,Plot,Character,ThemeGareth Hill
This document provides information about preparing for an exam on the Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. It discusses the exam format which is split into 3 sections, with 1 question to be answered from each section. Sample questions are provided that focus on rehearsal strategies for an extract and interpreting the play for a modern audience. The document also covers activities for understanding character, theme, and plot based on Aristotle's Poetics, including developing masks, readings, and identifying themes. Students are guided to consider adapting the play for modern audiences.
Pip is the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. As a child, he meets the wealthy but eccentric Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella. Pip falls in love with Estella but she treats him coldly. Later, Pip receives a mysterious fortune and moves to London to become a gentleman. He learns that the source of his fortune was actually a convict named Magwitch, not Miss Havisham as he had assumed. The novel follows Pip's personal growth and development as he matures and comes to understand the complex social hierarchies and characters that shaped his early life and expectations.
A symbol is something that represents something else. Symbols can take many forms including objects, pictures, written words, sounds, and numerals. Examples of common symbols include religious symbols, mathematical symbols, and political symbols like the maple leaf for Canada. Symbolism is used in writing to provide additional meaning beyond a literal description. For example, a storm could symbolize conflict or a transition from day to night could represent moving from goodness to evil. In literature, Lord of the Flies uses Ralph's conch shell to symbolize order versus Jack's savagery. Harry Potter also contains symbolism like snakes representing evil.
Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882 to an intellectual family. She had several nervous breakdowns throughout her life and eventually committed suicide in 1941. Her 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway follows Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked veteran Septimus Smith in a single day in June 1923 in post-WWI London. The story explores themes of mental illness, existentialism, and homosexuality through the characters' perceptions and memories. While Clarissa organizes a party, Septimus experiences hallucinations before committing suicide, which Clarissa interprets as an embrace of life. Woolf innovated the stream-of-consciousness technique to immerse readers in the characters' complex inner worlds.
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1) The document provides a detailed analysis of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" focusing on the playwright's choices in characters, themes, symbols and settings.
2) It discusses major themes in the play like race, sexuality, jealousy and manipulation which are brought to life through characters like Othello, Desdemona, Iago and Cassio.
3) Symbols like the handkerchief and settings like Venice and Cyprus are also analyzed for the meanings and interpretations they provide about the events and mindsets in the play.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO: THE WAY I THOUGHT OF CRITICAL EVALUATION.Rituparna Ray Chaudhuri
This document contains summaries and analyses of William Shakespeare's play Othello from several literary critics. It discusses the tragedy as one of human weakness leading to moral failure but also divine grace (Irving Ribner). It also describes the play as having greater complexity than assumed, as a tragedy of incomprehension (John Bayley). It analyzes Emilia's character as a reasonable commentator passing through the turmoil (M.R. Ridley). It describes Cassio as handsome, light-hearted and popular (Bradley). It discusses dramatic irony with the future reversing promises of the present (R.B. Heilman).
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Chapter 8 THEATER
We sit in the darkened theater with many strangers. We sense an air of anticipation, an awareness of excitement. People cough, rustle about, then suddenly become still. Slowly the lights on the stage begin to come up, and we see actors moving before us, apparently unaware of our presence. They are in rooms or spaces similar to those that we may be in ourselves at the end of the evening. Eventually they begin speaking to one another much the way we might ourselves, sometimes saying things so intimate that we are uneasy. They move about the stage, conducting their lives in total disregard for us, only hinting occasionally that we might be there in the same space with them. At first we feel that despite our being in the same building with the actors, we are in a different world. Then slowly the distance between us and the actors begins to diminish until, in a good play, our participation erases the distance. We thrill with the actors, but we also suffer with them. We witness the illusion of an action that has an emotional impact for us and changes the way we think about our own lives. Great plays such as Hamlet, Othello, The Misanthrope, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Long Day’s Journey into Night can have the power to transform our awareness of ourselves and our circumstances. It is a mystery common to much art: that the illusion of reality can affect the reality of our own lives.
Aristotle and the Elements of Drama
Drama is a collaborative art that represents events and situations, either realistic and/or symbolic, that we witness happening through the actions of actors in a play on a stage in front of a live audience. According to the greatest dramatic critic, Aristotle (384–322 BCE), the elements of drama are as follows:
1. Plot: a series of events leading to disaster for the main characters who undergo reversals in fortune and understanding but usually ending with a form of enlightenment—sometimes of the characters, sometimes of the audience, and sometimes of both
2. Character: the presentation of a person or persons whose actions and the reason for them are more or less revealed to the audience
3. Diction: the language of the drama, which should be appropriate to the action
4. Thought: the ideas that underlie the plot of the drama, expressed in terms of dialogue and soliloquy
5. Spectacle: the places of the action, the costumes, set designs, and visual elements in the play
6. Music: in Greek drama, the dialogue was sometimes sung or chanted by a chorus, and often this music was of considerable emotional importance; in modern drama, music is rarely used in serious plays, but it is of first importance in the musical theater
Aristotle conceived his theories in the great age of Greek tragedy, and therefore much of what he has to say applies to tragedies by such dramatists as Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BCE), especially his trilogy, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. Sophocles (ca. 496–406 B.
Othello provides background information on Shakespeare's play Othello. It discusses that the play was written around 1603-1604 and performed for King James I in 1604. It introduces the main characters including Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, his wife Desdemona, and his ensign Iago who plots to destroy Othello. The document also covers themes of jealousy, honor and reputation, and being an outsider. It provides context on Elizabethan theater, military terms used in the play, and Shakespearean tragedy.
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2. William Shakespeare
Born in April 1564 in Stratford-
on-Avon
Received a classical education
including Latin, Greek, history,
math, astronomy, and music
Most likely began as an actor
Wrote 38 plays, including
comedies, histories, tragedies,
and romances
Wrote 4 lengthy poems and a
sonnet cycle
4. Verse vs. Prose
Verse: Poetic language that includes
meter and sometimes rhyme;
organized in lines with a
consistent number of syllables
Prose: Ordinary written language with no
meter or rhyme; organized in
sentences
5. Prose Verse
“Sir, he’s rash and very
sudden in choler, and
haply may strike at you.
Provoke him that he may,
for even out of that will I
cause these of Cyprus to
mutiny, whose qualification
shall come into no true
taste again but by the
displanting of Cassio”
(2.1.294-298).
“Most potent, grave, and
reverend signoirs,
My very noble and approved
good masters:
That I have ta’en away this old
man’s daughter,
It is most true; true I have
married her”
(1.3.91-94).
6. Verse vs. Prose: Usage
Poetic style of verse used for high status
characters, great affairs of war and state, and
tragic moments.
Prose used for low status characters (servants,
clowns, drunks, villains), proclamations,
written challenges, accusations, letters,
comedic moments, and to express madness.
7. Verse vs. Prose
In Othello, pay careful attention to the
situations in which Iago switches between
speaking in verse and speaking in prose.
What importance does his choice of verse or
prose seem to have?
8. Meter
Meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed
syllables.
Meter is responsible for creating the rhythm
of a line.
9. Meter and Foot
Foot: a group of syllables that forms one complete
unit of a metrical pattern.
Meter is described in terms of the pattern of stressed
and unstressed syllables AND the total number of
metrical feet in a line of verse.
Iambic pentameter is the most common metrical
pattern in Shakespeare.
10. Iambic Pentameter
Iamb: unstressed syllable, stressed
syllable ˘ /
Pentameter: Lines of five iambic feet; 10
syllables
Example:
˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
11. Blank Verse vs. Free Verse
Blank Verse: Unrhymed iambic pentameter
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Free Verse: No regular meter
One’s-Self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
12. Sonnet
14 line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter
organized in three quatrains and a couplet
typical rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
four-part organization has greater flexibility about where
thematic breaks occur
most pronounced break or turn comes with concluding
couplet
13. Sonnet: Quatrain and Couplet
Quatrain: four-line verse stanza,
usually rhymed
Couplet: a pair of rhyming verse lines
14. Sonnet: Example
A When my love that she is made of truth,
B I do believe her, though I know she lies,
A That she might think me some untutored youth,
B Unlearned in the world’s false subtleties.
C Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
D Although she knows my days are past the best,
C Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue;
D On both sides thus is simple truth supprest.
E But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
F And wherefore say not I that I am old?
E Oh, love’s best habit is in seeming trust,
F And age in love loves not to have years told:
G Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
G And in our faults by lies we flattered be.
15. Aside, Monologue, and Soliloquy
Aside: a character’s remark, either
to the audience or another
character, that other characters
on stage are not supposed to
hear
Monologue: an extended speech by a single
character that is uninterrupted by
others
Soliloquy: a speech a character gives
when s/he is alone on stage
16. Foil
A character whose personality or
attitudes are in sharp contrast to
those of another character in the
same work
17. Allusion
Allusion: reference to an event, person,
place, or another work of literature
Shakespeare’s work contains numerous
allusions to Greek and Roman mythology.
18. Allusion: Janus
Roman god of gates and
doors, beginnings and endings
Depicted with a double-faced
head, each looking in opposite
directions
Worshipped at the beginning
of the harvest time, planting,
marriage, birth, and other
types of beginnings
Also represents the transition
between primitive life and
civilization, between the
countryside and the city, peace
and war, and the growing-up
of young people
19. Tragedy
A serious play representing the disastrous downfall
of the hero
Achieves a catharsis by arousing pity and terror in
the audience
Hero is led into fatal calamity by hamartia (tragic
flaw or error) which often takes the form of hubris
(excessive pride leading to divine retribution
Tragic effect depends upon audience’s awareness of
the admirable qualities of the hero which are wasted
in the disaster
20. Classical Tragic Hero
The tragic hero is a good man, important to society
The hero suffers a fall brought about by something
in his nature
The fall provokes the emotions of pity and fear in
the reader
The tragic character comes to some kind of
understanding or new recognition of what has
happened
22. Othello Terminology: Moor
Muslim person of Arab and
Berber descent from
northwest Africa
Moors invaded Spain and
established a civilization in
Andalusia lasting from the
8th -- 15th centuries
Term Moor comes from the
Greek work mauros
meaning dark or very black
In Renaissance drama,
Moors often symbolized
something other than
human - and often, indeed,
something devilish.
23. Othello Terminology: Cuckold
a man whose wife is unfaithful to him
Represented with horns growing out of his
forehead
“That cuckold lives in bliss
Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;
But O, what damned minutes tells he o’er
Who dotes, yet doubts; suspects, yet strongly loves!”
(3.3.197-200)
“I have a pain upon my forehead, here” (326).
24. Othello: A Tragedy
Written in 1604
One of the major tragedies -- after Hamlet and
before King Lear and Macbeth
Fascination with evil
Study the devastating effects of the deadly
sins of the spirit: ambitious pride, ingratitude,
wrath, jealousy and vengeful hate
25. Othello: Setting
Journey from
Venice, Italy to
Cyprus
Venice = order,
rule of reason ?
Cyprus = disorder,
rule of passion ?
26.
27.
28. Othello: Poetic Images
Focused on the natural world
Most important pattern – contrast
of light and dark, black and white
One cluster is domestic and
animal: goats, monkeys, wolves,
baboons, guinea hens, wildcats,
spiders, flies, asses, dogs, horses,
sheep, serpents, and toads
Other images include green-eyed
monsters, devils, poisons, money
purses, tarnished jewels, music
untuned, and light extinguished
29. Othello: the Villain
Delights in evil for its own sake
Conscienceless, sinister, and amused by his own
cunning
Related to Vice, the figure of personified evil, from
the medieval morality play whose role is to win
Humankind away from virtue and corrupt him with
worldly enticements
Takes audience into his confidence, boasts in
soliloquy of his cleverness, exults in the triumph of
evil, and improvises plans with daring and
resourcefulness
30. Othello: Thematic Ideas
Nature of love and marriage
Nature of jealousy
Nature and use of language
Male mistrust of women
Deception / Honesty
Importance of reputation
31. The Plot
The plot is simple. A man, disappointed of promotion which
he thought he had a right to expect, determines on revenge
and in part secures it. By a series of careful moves he
persuaded the General (Othello) of the adultery of the
General's wife (Desdemona) with the lieutenant (Cassio) who
has been promoted ahead of him. As a result, the general first
kills his wife then himself, but the ensign (Iago) fails in the
second part of his design, since the plot is disclosed. Cassio
receives yet a further promotion and Iago is left facing trial
and torture. The plot "scheme" is concerned with one of the
strangest and most distressing of human emotions - jealousy -
and this is what makes the plot powerful.
34. Quotes about Jealousy
Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love,
but it is a secure medium to destroy one's self-
respect. For jealous people, like dope-fiends,
stoop to the lowest level and in the end inspire
only disgust and loathing.
Emma Goldman
37. Themes
The play’s central theme is love
destruction of love = hate
love and hate together arouse jealousy.
The central conflict is between men and women and
this is presented through a series of parallel and
contrasting couples.
Desdemona/Othello, Emilia/Iago, Bianca/Cassio and
a number of fantasy couples:
Roderigo/Desdemona, Cassio/Desdemona,
Othello/Emilia.