Attitudes towards Othello and Desdemona’s marriage at the start of the play

Students explore Act 1 Scene 1, when Roderigo and Iago wake up Brabantio with news of Desdemona's union with Othello, and complete a range of close textual analysis questions. 

Activities include:

• highlighting and annotation tasks
• language-focused questions (e.g. on theft metaphor, animal imagery)
• tracking colour symbolism 
• task on character motivation.
• exploration of the significance of race in this scene.