1. Language as Power in Othello
View the video clip and take notes on the important points brought up in the clip.
With a partner
Find lines in the play (they should be consecutive lines and need not be longer than 2-3 lines (but can be if necessary) that are especially powerful.
Ideas to consider when choosing lines that hold power:
Do these lines spark a reaction in a character?
Do the lines create a chain of events to occur?
Do the lines reveal something important about a character? Their traits, flaws, plans, changes?
What words in these lines seem to be especially powerful and why?

2. Language as Power Assignment
On a piece of paper, you will write out the impactful/powerful lines you have chosen, and through the use of annotations, explain the impact of the lines and why you chose them as being especially powerful.
Write neatly
Model your paper after the example
Show knowledge of the play in your annotations
Show insight and depth of thinking in your annotations
Cite the lines (Act, scene and line #s)

3. Example