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A great intro to the language:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/romeo-and-juliet/language/key-terms
https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/romeo-and-juliet/language/key-terms
William Shakespeare's Othello
Othello in Playmobil, an overview of plot and characters:
Four hundred years ago, a white man wrote a play about how the colour of one’s skin and the best feelings inside a man can be turned into a weapon against him: OTHELLO. The „Moor of Venice“ is the victim of racism, manipulation and jealousy, and deplorably, his story is as topical today as it was in Shakespeare’s time. Michael Sommer and his Playmobil cast present a compact and entertaining summary of this classic. DISCLAIMER: WATCHING THIS VIDEO DOES NOT REPLACE READING THE ORIGINAL.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2FD6KxiX8
Seven important scenes: https://www.rsc.org.uk/othello/key-moments
Plus, Act 3, scene 4.
Things to consider:
1. Overall context: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NgFZ8FrIXY
2. Iambic Pentameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4
3. Hip Hop and Shakespeare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY
4. Race:
Olivier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrtvkhBj3Sw
Academic discussion of race (use the comments to create a gallery walk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcmVH8vqZw
5. What happens if we complicate the gender and sexuality of Othello?
www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/04/othello-review-golda-rosheuvel-everyman-liverpool
A cuckhold: In Shakespeare's time, men feared being called a cuckhold, which implied they were the weaker partner in a marriage, the one to be made a fool. The word comes from the cuckoo bird's practice of laying eggs in another bird's nest, thereby forcing another bird to raise their young. Men were taught to fear women's sexuality and the fact that a woman may bare any man's child, which they would be forced to raise, like a cuckoo.
A feminist look at Othello:
'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but food:
They eat us hungerly, and when they are full
They belch us.
(Act 3, scene 4)
http://crossref-it.info/textguide/othello/41/3140
Women as possessions (A/B partner talk): crossref-it.info/textguide/othello/41/3122?jump=h3-
6. The Moon, Astrology, and the Great Chain of Being
https://sites.google.com/site/shakespeareandthespheres/the-moon
Othello in Playmobil, an overview of plot and characters:
Four hundred years ago, a white man wrote a play about how the colour of one’s skin and the best feelings inside a man can be turned into a weapon against him: OTHELLO. The „Moor of Venice“ is the victim of racism, manipulation and jealousy, and deplorably, his story is as topical today as it was in Shakespeare’s time. Michael Sommer and his Playmobil cast present a compact and entertaining summary of this classic. DISCLAIMER: WATCHING THIS VIDEO DOES NOT REPLACE READING THE ORIGINAL.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2FD6KxiX8
Seven important scenes: https://www.rsc.org.uk/othello/key-moments
Plus, Act 3, scene 4.
Things to consider:
1. Overall context: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NgFZ8FrIXY
2. Iambic Pentameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4
3. Hip Hop and Shakespeare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY
4. Race:
Olivier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrtvkhBj3Sw
Academic discussion of race (use the comments to create a gallery walk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcmVH8vqZw
5. What happens if we complicate the gender and sexuality of Othello?
www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/04/othello-review-golda-rosheuvel-everyman-liverpool
A cuckhold: In Shakespeare's time, men feared being called a cuckhold, which implied they were the weaker partner in a marriage, the one to be made a fool. The word comes from the cuckoo bird's practice of laying eggs in another bird's nest, thereby forcing another bird to raise their young. Men were taught to fear women's sexuality and the fact that a woman may bare any man's child, which they would be forced to raise, like a cuckoo.
A feminist look at Othello:
'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but food:
They eat us hungerly, and when they are full
They belch us.
(Act 3, scene 4)
http://crossref-it.info/textguide/othello/41/3140
Women as possessions (A/B partner talk): crossref-it.info/textguide/othello/41/3122?jump=h3-
6. The Moon, Astrology, and the Great Chain of Being
https://sites.google.com/site/shakespeareandthespheres/the-moon
Shakespeare Selfie (Good for Spoken Language as well):
https://curio.ca/en/video/shakespeare-selfie-an-introduction-to-shakespeare-with-kenneth-oppel-and-philippa-sheppard-17007/
https://curio.ca/en/video/shakespeare-selfie-an-introduction-to-shakespeare-with-kenneth-oppel-and-philippa-sheppard-17007/