Power Points

https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B_sxD4MrJWZwQlJTZ2p4cjdBczg/edit
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B_sxD4MrJWZwbEpwZDNqakN5aHc/edit
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B_sxD4MrJWZwbFZsazVuQzV2Z0U/edit

Hi all,

The links above will take you the the various power-points that we have shared:

Love/Medieval/Renaissance/Othello.

Homework to follow!!!

Miss S

Independent Study: October Half Term ('Othello')

During half term, I'd like you to complete the following: 

1. Read the rest of the play (Act 5).

2. Create a list/spider diagram about the types of love shown in the play, with key quotes where relevant. 

Make notes on the following: 

3. Which characters are jealous? How is jealousy portrayed? Explore the meanings of the words 'honest' and 'honour' in the Elizabethan era. 

4. Research context: how would an Elizabethan audience react to the portrayal of a mixed-race marriage? 

5. How does Othello conform to the conventions of a tragedy? Othello has been called a 'tragedy of intrigue' rather than a tragedy of revenge (popular at the time). Tolstoy also called Othello 'the tragedy of the bedroom'. How far would you agree with these statements? 

Then have a nice rest! 

Independent Study Tasks - 11/06/12

1. Create your own blogs as a way of tracking your research and wider reading. 

2. Email your blog address to me. 

3. Research the concepts of courtly love and chivalry in the medieval era. This may include definitions, examples of 'rules'/'codes' governing behaviour, examples of texts that feature these ideas and, finally, how these ideas link into the wider context of medieval society. 

> Research due 18/06/12; it may be posted on your blog or handed in/presented as usual.