9.1.2
Genre
Genre: Love and Tragedy
Genre: Love and Tragedy
The love story and the dramatic tragedy come together to make the overall narrative about a love story that goes terribly wrong because of outside influences.
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Love and tragedy
Love and tragedy
- As we know from above, the play may simultaneously be described as:
- A Love Story.
- A Dramatic Tragedy.
- These two elements come together to make the overall narrative about a love story that goes terribly wrong because of outside influences.
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Love story
Love story
- Amongst the love story aspects are moments of:
- Romantic and passionate love between Othello and Desdemona.
- Restrictions put on love by society and the resistance to such restrictions.
- Platonic love.
- Love being defeated by suspicion and jealousy.
- Lessons in how not to conduct love for the New World.
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Tragedy
Tragedy
- Amongst the dramatic tragedy are moments of:
- Insight after is too late to alter things.
- The claustrophobic nature of the tragedy.
- The quest for revenge.
- The domestic nature of the actual tragedy.
- The way a single tragedy causes a domino effect elsewhere.
1Context
1.1Introduction
1.3Othello
2Act One: Summaries & Themes
2.1Act and Scene Summaries
2.2Scene One
2.3Scene Two
3Act Two: Summaries & Themes
3.1Scene One & Two
3.2Scene Three
4Act Three: Summaries & Themes
5Act Four
5.1Scene One
5.2Scene Two
5.3Scene Three
6Act Five
6.1Scene One
6.2Scene Two
7Character Profiles
7.1Major Characters
7.2Minor Characters
8Key Themes
8.1Love & Tragedy
8.2Other Key Themes
9Writing Techniques
9.1Writing Techniques
10Critical Debates
10.1Criticism & Performance
11Approaching AQA English Literature
11.1Specification A
11.2Specification B
12Issues of Assessment
12.1The Exams
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1Context
1.1Introduction
1.3Othello
2Act One: Summaries & Themes
2.1Act and Scene Summaries
2.2Scene One
2.3Scene Two
3Act Two: Summaries & Themes
3.1Scene One & Two
3.2Scene Three
4Act Three: Summaries & Themes
5Act Four
5.1Scene One
5.2Scene Two
5.3Scene Three
6Act Five
6.1Scene One
6.2Scene Two
7Character Profiles
7.1Major Characters
7.2Minor Characters
8Key Themes
8.1Love & Tragedy
8.2Other Key Themes
9Writing Techniques
9.1Writing Techniques
10Critical Debates
10.1Criticism & Performance
11Approaching AQA English Literature
11.1Specification A
11.2Specification B
12Issues of Assessment
12.1The Exams
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