10/6- Do Now “Thou art a villain” (Brabantio, I.i. 132). Writers make choices in their diction (word choice) to help them develop their ideas. Why is Brabantio calling Iago a villain? Look at the text. What else could Shakespeare being telling us about Iago?

Agenda 1. Lines which show characterization 2. Reading Act. I.ii & I.iii Stereotype vs. Reality 4. Let’s watch Act I on film

How does Shakespeare develop characterization in the first scene? 1. RODERIGO2. IAGO3. BRABANTIO4. Othello5. Cassio “That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse/As if the strings were thine…” (I.i.2- 3) “And I, of who his eyes had seen the proof/At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds” (I.i.29-3) “Zounds, sir, you’re robbed” (I.i. 94). “Horribly stuffed with epithets of war” (I.i.15) “-great arithmetician” (I.i.20)

How does Shakespeare develop characterization in the first scene? RODERIGOIAGOBRABANTIOOthelloCassio “That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse/As if the strings were thine…” (I.i.2- 3) “I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors./ In honest plainness thou hast heard me day/ My daughter is not for thee” (I.i.107-9) “And I, of who his eyes had seen the proof/At Rhodes, at Cyprus, and on other grounds” (I.i.29-3) “Zounds, sir, you’re robbed” (I.i. 94). “This in Venice. My house is not a grange” (I.i.119) “You are a senator” (I.i.133) “Horribly stuffed with epithets of war” (I.i.15) “…with a Barbary horse) (I.i.125) “Are they married, think you?/Truly, I think they are” (I.i ) “-great arithmetician” (I.i.20) “A fellow almost damned in a fair wife” (I.i.22)

Scene Readers Act 1, Scene 2 Iago - Othello - Cassio - Roderigo/Officer - Brabantio - Act 1, Scene 3, lines Duke – First Senator/Officer – Second Senator – Sailor/Messenger- Brabantio – Othello -

Stereotype vs. Reality Stereotype of Othello Reality of Othello

Text vs. Film As we watch the DVD Othello take notes on the characters. OthelloRoderigoIagoBrabantioDesdemona Text Film

Scene Presentations Who remembers from yesterday what a scene presentation includes? 1. Summary of events and characters (make sure to note changes in characters behavior, relationships, etc.) 2. Quotation & line citation (Midterm format: speaker, context, analysis)  Prediction or Connection  Submit Document onto Turnitin.

Word Study 1. Search LEME for meanings/uses of your word (during the ) LEME website: This is a multilingual database. Please record examples that are written in English. 2. At the top of a clean page in your notebook write: “Word Study” 3. Entry #1: Write down 3 definitions or examples from the LEME database that give you an untraditional meaning of the word. 4. Entry #2: At least one definition from American Heritage Dictionary or another 21 st century dictionary. 5. Entry #3: Cite appearances of your words in Act I. (all words are present in Act I). For each appearance cite the location, context, and the speaker. In addition include a short one or two sentence paraphrase of what the character is saying. You can use the Oxford Concordance to find examples of your words in the play. The Oxford Concordance:

At the end of our word study you will be responding to the following questions: Who uses the word most often? How does the connotation of the word change depending on character, act and/or scene? Which of the definitions from the OED/AHD and the LEME fits the context(s) best? How do the alternative meanings make sense within the rest of the play?

Word Words Words Group 1: Honest(-y) Group 2: Devil(-s)(‘s)(-ish)/ Villain(-y)(-ous) Group 3: Honor(-able)(-s); Fool(-ish) (-s) ; Folly (use with “fool”); Jealous(y)(-ies) Group 4: Reputation; Occupation; Office(-r) Group 5: Lie(be-); Begiule; Beguil’d; Deceive; Deceiv’d

Homework  Finish Reading Act. I.iii. (For those people who are assigned this act please make sure to complete your presentation assignment AND upload it onto turnitin.) 2. Word Study