Genre
English Lit: AQA A Level Othello, topic 9.1.2
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.
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.
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.
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.
Test yourself on Genre
Which of these is NOT a feature of a love story in Othello?
Which of these is NOT a feature of a dramatic tragedy in Othello?