| When was shakespeare born? | 1564 |
| How far did Shakespeare go in education? | Grammar school |
| When and who did Shakespeare marry | 1582 Anne Hathaway |
| How many children did Shakespeare have? | 3 children |
| What year did Shakespeare leave his family and travel to London for work as an actor and playwright | 1590 |
| What was Shakespeare part owner of? | The globe theater |
| What monarchs was Shakespeare favorable to? | Elizabeth I and James I |
| What title was Shakespeare’s company titled by king James? | King’s Men |
| How old and when did Shakespeare die? | 1616 at age 52 |
| Shakespeare is the author of how many plays and sonnets? | 37 plays and 154 sonnets |
| When was Othello first performed by the King’s Men at the court of King James | November 1, 1604 |
| When was Othello written? | During Shakespeare’s great tragic period |
| Where is othello set? | Against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and turkey that raged in the latter part of the sixteenth century |
| What was the setting for most of the action of othello | Cyprus |
| Who is Shakespeare? | A moorish general |
| What three things was Othello accused of? | Witch craft stealing and abusing |
| Why did Desdemona say she killed her self at the end? | She was fulfilling her roll as a wife and protecting her husband and proving her purity and loyalty |
| Who dies in Othello? | Desdemona Roderigo Othello Brabanzio Emilia and eventually Iago |
| Who were the five people on the ship? | Iago Desdemona Othello Roderigo Emilia |
| What was Iago’s plan? | 1- sees Cassio and Desdemona hand holding and tells Othello2- Gets Cassio drunk and tells Montano3- Cassio demoted (stabbed governor Montano) Iago promoted4-rumors spread |
| Who were the moors? | North African dark skinned muslims |
| Who were the Venetians? | The people of Venice, the majority of the population |
| Social classes? | Venetians are majority moors are minority |
| Military hierarchy? | All obey the duke general is leader of army lieutenant give orders to lower ranked soldiers |
| What is alluded to through the play | Othello’s darkness or blackness |
| Why is Othello different? | No other moor is given such a heroic role |
| Why is Iago unique near Othello | Has a stereotypical view of Othello as a moor and wants promotion |
| What is the role of women? | Supposed to serve men are basically property do what person before you did/meant to marry |
| What was expected of a daughter? | To obey fathers and listen to mothers/no voice |
| What was expected of a bride? | To be loyal to and advise her husband. Desdemona is unique because she has a voice |
| Men and women relationship above criticism? | To be approved by father and father/daughter relationship important also race so no moors and Venetians together |
| What were the rules of courtship? | Mutual fathers permission/family sets up relationship |
| Othello | Shakespeare compressed into a few days against background of military conflict |
| What is the theme of difference in Othello? | The opposition of black and white imagery |
Othello History
August 27, 2019