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Knowledge Base: English Shakespeare's Othello Year 9 | Spring Term
3. Techniques
3.1
soliloquy
Lines spoken by a character that only the audience can hear.
3.2
stage directions
Instructions that guide the actors how to move/speak. These are normally in [square brackets].
3.3 metaphor
3.4 aside
3.6 prose
3.7 blank verse
3.8 dramatic irony
Describing/comparing something to something else- "Beware the green-eyed monster". A short comment by a character that is not intended to be heard by other characters.
Ordinary written English.
Unrhymed iambic pentameter that closely resembles spoken English.
A device that enables the audience to know more than some of the characters.
3.5
iambic pentameter
A rhythm used in poetry and Shakespeare which consists of 10 syllables per line, with each line following the pattern of unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable.
4. Vocabulary
4.1
Moor
The ‘Moors’ were Muslim people who lived in Northern Africa. These people had mixed heritage. The term Moor was often used broadly to refer to any person who was not white.
4.2
cuckold
Noun – a man whose wife has had an affair. Verb – to have one's partner be unfaithful'.
4.3 duplicitous
4.4 Machiavellian
4.5 patriarchal
4.6 archetypal
4.7 antagonist
Deceitful, pretending to have feelings that actions contradict. Iago is a duplicitous character as he lies to various characters. Cunning, scheming and devious. Iago is a Machiavellian character.
Male controlled and dominated. A patriarchal society may involve women appearing inferior to men.
Very typical of a certain kind of person or thing. Othello was an archetypal soldier at the start of the play.
A person who opposes someone, usually the protagonist in a book or a play. Iago is the antagonist in Othello.
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