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'Othello' and Aristotle's conventions of tragedy
Pupil outcome: I can explore how the structure of the play ‘Othello’ meets or subverts Aristotle's model for tragedy. Key learning points: - Aristotle prescribed criteria for tragedy and comedy. - Aristotle prescribed unity of time,...
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'Othello' and Shakespeare's conventions of tragedy
Pupil outcome: I can explore Shakespeare's structural conventions of tragedy in the play. Key learning points: - Shakespeare's tragedies, like many Jacobean tragedies, focus on the consequences of the disruption of social order -...
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Exploring Act 3, Scene 3 of ‘Othello’
Pupil outcome: I can explore the theme of temptation in Act 3, Scene 3. Key learning points: - Act 3, Scene 3 can be seen as the moment of peripeteia in the tragedy. - The fragmented structure of the scene highlights the increasingly...
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'Macbeth': the play as a Shakespearean tragedy
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Macbeth meets the conventions of a Shakespearean tragedy. Key learning points: - Shakespeare’s tragedies often focus on the fall of noblemen - Shakespearean tragic heroes such as Macbeth, often fall...