9.1.2

Genre

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

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1Context

2Act One: Summaries & Themes

3Act Two: Summaries & Themes

4Act Three: Summaries & Themes

5Act Four

6Act Five

7Character Profiles

8Key Themes

9Writing Techniques

10Critical Debates

11Approaching AQA English Literature

12Issues of Assessment

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