Unless a link is provided, all the resources listed below are in the Library.
Ask Rachel if you would like any help finding them.
Guidance for a Section A-style question about how women are represented as being weak and in need of protection, relating to a selected extract and elsewhere in the play. Open this article.
A band 4 answer and examiner commentary to the question, ‘Othello’s virtue and valour ultimately make him admirable. To what extent do you agree with this view?’ Open this article.
A teacher-recommended version of the text which contains accompanying notes and criticism. A reference copy is in the Library shelved at 822 SHA OTH.
Recommended reading suggested by your textbook – “perhaps the most famous study of Shakespeare’s major tragedies”. A copy is in the Library shelved at 822.3 SHA.
Explores the way men speak in the play, not only to each other but also to – and about – women (AO2). Suggests this reflects the patterns of behaviour required at the time (AO3). Emagazine, issue 76.
A close reading of Iago in Act 2 Scene 1 considering language and imagery, dramatic form and structure (AO2) and the influence of the historical context (AO3). Open this article.
A band 5 answer and examiner commentary to the question, ‘Othello’s virtue and valour ultimately make him admirable. To what extent do you agree with this view?’ Open this article.
An explanation of how the example question above about Othello’s virtue and valour relates to the Assessment Objectives and possible content for an answer. Open this article.
York Notes are the most widely recognised study guides for English Literature and include critical approaches, critical history and contextual background. A copy is in the Library shelved at 822.3 SHA OTH.
Argues that Shakespeare wants to convey Iago’s lack of humanity in order to horrify (AO5). Analyses the linguistic and dramatic qualities that cause such revulsion (A02). Emagazine, issue 72.
How Shakespeare confuses meaning and understanding between characters (AO2) and how social and gender contexts contribute to these misunderstandings (AO3). Open this article.
