Objective: SWBAT explain how minor characters in a play can be used by major characters in order to drive the plot of the play forward.
Do-Now: Describe a time in your life when someone caught you at your worst. Did you try to explain yourself? Did the person believe you when you told them you didn’t normally act that way? Why is it that actions often speak louder than words.
Today: 1) Class will read Act 2, Scene 3, focusing on how Iago uses the play’s minor characters in order to further his scheme toward revenge on Othello. What web of disaster in Iago beginning to weave? How might his evil get the best of him in the end?
2) Analyzing Iago’s third soliloquy. How can Iago be described as two-faced? Who does he pretend to be? Who is he really?
3) Did the Punishment Fit the Crime: Class will discusss Cassio’s military demotion that resulted from his drunken brawl. Was his punishment just? Did he deserve to lose his job even though it was his first offense? Was Othello too harsh with Cassio’s punishment? What may have motivated Othello to be so strict with Cassio?
4) Exit Slip: If you were Othello, would you have administered the same punishment to Cassio? Explain. What may have been a more appropriate punishment for Cassio based on his crime?
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