ENGLISH TEST 2

Othello(Author, Title, Date of Publication)

• Written by William Shakespeare

• Othello

• First performed in 1604

Shakespeare Sonnets(Author, Title, Date of Publication)

• Written by William Shakespeare

• Shakespeare sonnets

• Published in 1609

Douglass Narrative(Author, Title, Date of Publication)

• Written by Frederick Douglass

• “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”

• Published on May 1, 1845

Shakespeares verse forms in Sonnets

• written in iambic pentameter

• 3 quatrains followed by a couplet

Othello Character

• the plays protagonist and hero

• general of the armies of Venice

• “free and open nature”

• easy prey to insecurities

• married to Desdemona

Desdemona character

• daughter of venetian senator Branbazio

• secretly married to Othello

• stereotypically pure and meek

• also a very determined character

Iago character

• Othello’s ensign

• villian of the play

• 28 yrs old

• reason for wanting Othello’s demise is because he was looked over for promotion to lieutenant

• obsessive almost aesthetic delight in manipulation and destruction

Cassio character

• Othello’s lieutenant

• young and inexperienced as a soldier

• ashamed after being involved in a drunken brawl on Cyprus and losing his place as lieutenant.

• being used by Iago to foster Othello’s insecurities about desdemona’s fidelity

Emilia character

• Iago’s wife and desdemona’s attendant

• deeply attached to her mistress

• distrustful of her husband

Rodrigo character

• jealous suitor of desdemona

• young, rich and stupid

• agrees to help iago kill cassio seeing him as a rival for desdemona’s hand