2.1 cont’d

Going back to the beginning of 2.1 to catch the flirting/distraction of Desdemona while ships arrive and they wait for Othello  2,3:  5,6:  7,8:  9,10:

1. Read round robin to hear the words, stopping at periods, question marks, semicolons, colons or exclamation marks 2. Paraphrase in your journals and look up any words you don’t know. Determine what is happening 3. Cast parts and read the scene again, this time in parts 4. If needed, cut some lines, but only to make the scene clearer. Double up parts if you’d like or split the character in two if needed 5. Get on your feet and add movement 6. Rehearse until you can communicate the scene to an audience

ACTIVIES-WHAT WE DO  Act 2 scenes  Instant Performance  Round Robin Reading  Discussion GOALS-WHAT I WANT YOU TO LEARN  Deeper understanding of characters thus far

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  Iago convinces Roderigo that Desdemona is in love with Cassio and enlists his aid in causing Cassio’s dismissal from his post as Othello’s lieutenant   Iago fine tunes his plot against Othello

 I drew cards again  Iago 1- Eeshan  Iago 2- Gino  Iago 3 - Kris  Roderigo- Aaron  Roderigo is at first astonished when Iago tells him that Desdemona is in love with Cassio. How does he convince him?

 Iago 1 Lizzie  Iago 2 Tyler 1. What does Iago mean when he says “Now, I do love her too” 2. Do you believe Iago when he says “I fear Cassio with my nightcap too” 3. Compare Iago’s soliloquy here with the one you summarized in 1.3. (Thus do I make my fool my purse”

1. Choose a character that you are most interested in following through the rest of the play. Choose from Othello, Desdemona, or Iago 2. Choose any scene we have read thus far and imagine you are playing one of the roles.  Review the lines in the scene  Figure out your character’s objective in the scene  Figure out your character’s Superobjective for the play as a whole  Explain which lines (and cite line numbers) that tips off the objective 3. Describe your character.