include in exams

Question 1

AO1

Answer 1

ideas:
•get stuck into the extract
•where is it from? what happens before and after?
•read the question
•define, outline & apply key terms- always linking back to the question

style/clarity:
•spelling
•fluent & cohesive
•punctuation
•mention Shakespeare

Question 2

AO2

Answer 2

methods:
•form of the text- soliloquy, blank verse etc
•what does the punctuation actually show
•imagery
•alliteration, juxtaposition, similes etc
•allusions- biblical, mythological
•what are the trends in these devices, how do they work?
•embed quotes and terminology- show you are perceptive and aim to comment on the effects- why does Shakespeare use them?

Question 3

AO3

Answer 3

context:
•first performed 1604
•Jacobean audience
•husband as ‘master of wife’
•black people as ‘other’
•honour + reputation
•what does this theme or idea mean to us now? what did it mean to them then?

Question 4

AO4

Answer 4

•How does the theme or idea of the question change over the course of the play?
•link to other tragedies?
•links to bible? mythology?
•Othello as an atypical or typical tragic hero?
•Desdemona & Emilia as an atypical or typical shakespearean heroine?

Question 5

AO5

Answer 5

•your interpretation & critical awareness of the interpretation that your giving
•critics