Table of content - Othello: A Level

Othello’s enduring appeal, Shakespeare and the writing of Othello, Shakespeare’s theatre, Study focus: Key issues in Othello

Section One: Check your understanding, Section Two: Working towards the exam, Section Three: Check your progress

Othello, Desdemona, Iago, Cassio, Emilia, Brabantio, Roderigo, Bianca

Jealousy, Love and relationships, Race and colour

Section One: Check your understanding, Section Two: Working towards the exam, Section Three: Check your progress

Dramatic structure, Timescale of Othello

Section One: Check your understanding, Section Two: Working towards the exam, Section Three: Check your progress

Historical context, Settings, Literary context

Early views, Nineteenth- and twentieth-century views, Contemporary approaches

Section One: Check your understanding, Section Two: Working towards the exam, Section Three: Check your progress

How will you be assessed?, What do the AOs actually mean?, What does this mean for your revision?

Five key areas, 1. The structure of your answer/essay, Aiming high: Effective opening paragraphs, 2. Use of titles, names, etc., 3. Effective quotations, Aiming high: Effective use of quotations, 4. Techniques and terminology, 5. General writing skills

Approaching the question, Writing a response, Aiming high: Summarising events

Approaching the question, Structuring your response, Writing about context, Aiming high: Making context relevant

Approaching the question, Key skills required, Responding to a ‘viewpoint’ question

What is a critical interpretation?, Writing about critical perspectives, Aiming high: Exploring dramatic conventions

Introduction, Decode the question, Plan and write