Choose one of the following topics and write a 1000-1200 word essay. Your essay should have a proper introduction, thesis statement and textual evidence. You must quote from the play directly using proper MLA formatting (I will review this with you).
Due Date: Thursday, May 1st, or Friday, May 2nd.
Is Desdemona merely a victim or are there aspects of her personality that make it easy for Othello to suspect her?
Discuss the themes of trust and suspicion and how they contribute to the play.
Does Iago’s scheming and manipulation exonerate Othello’s murder of Desdemona?
Discuss the significance of the repetition of “honest Iago” and how it effects the development of the play.
Discuss Shakespeare’s portrayal of women.
Does Othello’s character really transform over the course of the play, or does Iago simply antagonize, and therefore reveal, Othello’s violent and irrational nature?
Monday, April 21, 2008
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