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Revision suggestions and activities: Othello Re-read the critical anthology with particular focus on Section A and Section E. Highlight and
memorise short critical quotations. Remember: to include some critical quotations in your
essay is not enough; you need to use them and engage with them in relation to your
argument. Remember that they key word for Level 5 criteria is ‘evaluate’.
Task: Write and memorise a list of useful critical quotations. There are some on the next
page to get your started. You don’t need to inundate the examiner with critical views in your
essay – be selective and choose those that are most relevant to your question.
Task: Can you come up with a list of phrases that lend themselves to evaluation? Have a go
at writing sentences that are evaluative in style e.g. ‘Indeed, Leavis’ comment is certainly
compelling given Othello’s….’
‘What Coleridge’s assertion fails to fully take into account, however, is’
‘The feminist critical perspective has largely viewed ____ as _____. This is certainly evident
in Shakespeare’s preoccupation with…’
Notice that it’s often simple individual words (such as ‘indeed’, ‘certainly’ or ‘however’) that
indicate an evaluative approach.
Revise key tragic terminology. Remember the importance of referring to tragic concepts
accurately.
Task: Test yourself on tragic terms. Practise writing sentences that makes use of tragic terms
in an accurate and meaningful way.
The structure of your argument and the establishment of a premise in your introduction is
very important. You need to demonstrate a clear sense of purpose and direction from the
very beginning of your essay.
Task: Write an essay plan for each of the past paper questions, thinking about how your
points link together in order to produce a cohesive argument.
Remember that the question will ask you to explore Shakespeare’s presentation/treatment
of a character of theme.
AO2 – you need to analyse Shakespeare’s craft. Remember the kind of things you will be
analysing: imagery, structural devices and patterns, tone, symbols, metaphors, connotations,
verse/prose, stagecraft (who is on stage, who is absent, who is present but silent, who
dominates the dialogue, who is lurking in the shadows etc, night/darkness, daylight etc.
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