Contents

Othello Message Board

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Key Literary Elements
• The Author and His Times-Biography
• The Elizabethan Theatre
• Publication of Shakespeare's Plays
• The Play - The Plot - Short Summary (Synopsis)
• The Characters - Description and Analysis

Other Elements
• Setting
• Themes and Analysis
• The Source of Othello
• Author's Style
• Elizabethan Language
• Mobility of Word Classes
• Changes in Word Meaning
• Vocabulary Loss
• Verbs/Pronouns/Prepositions/Multiple Negation
• Point of View
• Form and Structure

The Story - Scene Summaries with Notes

ACT I
• Scene I
• Scene II
• Scene III

ACT II
• Scene I
• Scene II
• Scene III

ACT III
• Scene I
• Scene II
• Scene III
• Scene IV

ACT IV
• Scene I
• Scene II
• Scene III

ACT V
• Scene I
• Scene II

Tests and Answers
• Test 1
• Test 2
• Answers Test 1
• Answers Test 2

Term Paper Ideas
• Term Paper Ideas

Reference
• The Critics - Critical Analysis
• Advisory Board
• Bibliography
• The Author's Other Works