Is this the real model for Othello?

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/mar/19/moroccan-ambassador-london-1600-real-othello-shakespeare?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Film versions of Othello

2001 modern UK adaptation starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes.

1995 Hollywood version starring Laurence Fishburne as Othello:

1981 version with a brown (but actually white) Othello (Anthony Hopkins) and Bob Hoskins as Iago

Slide topics for your coursework presentation

These are the titles for each slide of your coursework presentation.
You may add more if you like, but make sure you cover the following:




Slide 1: Context (info about the author, other relevant books they've written, the time the book was written and important historical influences, the time the book was set, main issues it tackles, etc)


Slide 2: Summary (main plot points and character overview)


Slide 3: My theme is ... (Explain your theme in the context of your book - quotes and moments that capture and develop that theme)


Slide 4: Links to The Color Purple (What ideas in your text compare / contrast with the ideas in The Color Purple?)


Slide 5: My essay question (What sort of question do you think you will explore in your coursework? Suggest something to the class that they can feed back on / give you advice about!)


Happy reading!

Some short videos about Shakespearean tragedy

Shakespeare's tragedies:
http://shakespeare.about.com/video/Shakespeare--Tragedies.htm










Shakespeare vs Greek tragedy:

Shmoop on Shakespearean tragedy:

Lecture on Greek Tragedy:

What do soap operas have in common with greek tragedy?

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/12/soap-opera-greek-tragedy

Walter White's anagnoresis

Minor spoiler alert from Season 5 of Breaking Bad.
Is this a cathartic moment, too?

Tragedy timeline

https://prezi.com/syuagrkau49x/tragedy-timeline/