Pre Reading Character And Theme

Objectives To

develop understanding of how mood/emotion/atmospherecan be interlinked and interdependent To

know the key themes of Othello and how they are linked to plot and character

Perceptions, emotions and connotations        

Answer the following questions, considering the sheets of linked pictures you have been given. For each of the groups of pictures, make notes on the following points (you should thus have three groups of notes) : Your initial reaction to the images (emotions induced) The mood and atmosphere created by the group of images As many adjectives you can think of to describe this group of images Any film/literature connections you can make with these images (anything they remind you of?) One word to summarise this group of images Below is a list of characters. Decide which image grouping(s) would link to each character :       

An usurped, unknown villain, determined to ensure that those who have wronged him will pay- a malevolent creature who seeks to destroy others without obvious reason A worthy leader lacking total self-knowledge and assurance and thus afraid to lose that which he loves An innocent wife, seeking to assist her husband but unknowingly helping him in his dark work An able, heroic but foreign man, different in appearance to those around him A beautiful and trusting woman, eager to appease all- her downfall A loyal and trusted lieutentant. A deep respect for his friend’s wife is made to seem suspicious. A wealthy, foolish man, used as a puppet for another’s wrongdoings