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theme(s)supported by reference to appropriate dramatic techniques … Answers to questions on drama should address relevantly the central concern(s) / theme(s) of the text and be supported by reference to appropriate dramatic techniques such as: conflict, characterisation, key scene(s), dialogue, climax, exposition, denouement, structure, plot, setting, aspects of staging (such as lighting, stage set, stage directions…), soliloquy, monologue…

The Incompatibility of Military Heroism and Love Othello‘s cultural and gender confusion. He is a military man who understands soldiering and politics, but is easily confused in his dealings with Desdemona and Iago.

Jealousy

The Danger of Isolation

Trust and Betrayal

Reputation

Obsession dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him. to think about something unceasingly or persistently; dwell obsessively upon something.

Natural order of things

Racism

Sexism

Motifs - are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes. Sight and Blindness Plants Animals Hell, Demons, and Monsters

Symbols - are objects, characters, figures, or colours used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The Handkerchief The Song “Willow”

FORESHADOWING