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These detailed Othello notes break down each scene of the play, with explanations of major moments and key themes that help you understand important details to apply in tests. Following this is the character analyses and quotations for all the major themes. This helped me achieve a 78% overall in IEB Matric English!

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IEB MATRIC
OTHELLO
NOTES/SUMMARY

,Othello
Introduction

looks uncontrolled
at
jealousy I suspicion are
very dangerous
forces in our lives

manipulation plays a majorThereroleis in the
play

false that is used 'Wolks'
syllogisms a partial trum to prove later
-




intuition of women is shown
through the
play by being insightful and powerful
while
being challenged
-



Amelia
figures it all our at the end [hankerchief]




Tragedy
hero
inevitable destruction of a
tragic
O mello reaches his own demise
Othello is hero
a
tragic
heroic fallible
L
leadership ↓ error

Courage
L
sir
L ↳
virtue weakness




destroyed by
personal responsibility
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L
Hamartia

Hubris

, Othello
Act 1 Scene 1
Roderigo and
Fago have an
arguement
over Othello
marrying
Desdemona when
Iago was supposed to help Roderigo get
her . Implications that
Roderigo payed Fago to help him .

Fago claims to have Othello because he
gave the lieutenant

position (second in command) to Cassio not him .
Iago
critiques Cassio as an oursider to venice that does not

know he the barrlefield. He claims
what is
doing on

the promotion was based off favouritism .




Iago speaks of Omello in a way
and claims
very derogatory
ro follow him to
only ger revenge .

Iago speaks of
While the other
two kinds of followers
his
:
One is
genuine
serves own
agenda
Iago manipulates Roderigo to
go to Barbantio about
the elopement When this it is described
discussing
.




to be dishonour to have his
a mans
greatest
daughter stolen from /objectivication or women]
him

Iago speaks for Roderigo making sexual invendo's ,




of repitition and dehuminisation to
using ractics
worsen the situation .
First of
instance manipulation ractics
Brabantio Conce he believes them] refers to
Iago's witchcraft
to
being the
only logical reason desdemona would
Omello
marry .




* more before this Barbanhio loved Omello and would
oven have him at their house *


Act 1 Scene 2
In Media res-starts in the middle of plop a

Othello is percieved to be a man of few words calm ,
and
aumoritve
dignified. [not how lago has described
,




We also into omello's pasts filled with
ger insight
pain danger and he knows being in a stare of
,

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