A Prezi on Women in "Othello" -

Women in Othello on Prezi

Othello summarised on Prezi

This looks as if several students pooled their efforts to produce a summary with some commentary and analysis for students who need to understand the play.

othello wag5 on Prezi

Shakespeare Navigator

This is a great site for summaries, notes and analysis of Shakespeare's plays:

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/index.html

The Shakespeare Code

Young Shakespeare?

This is an interesting newish blog with contributions from "the great and the good." Take, for instance, this comment on Shakespeare's Othello from the Wharton professor of English of Oxford University.
Click here

A plethora of ideas to help understand the Elizabethan and Jacobean context. Fascinating reading!


William Shakespeare had to write in code.

The theory of the Shakespeare Code

I wonder whether the blog's title was taken from an episode of Doctor Who?

Gustave Freytag's method of understanding structure in five act plays

This should prove useful for students' understanding of the structure of "Othello" or any of the "big" tragedies. Often, novels and short stories have a similar structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_structure#Freytag.27s_analysis

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Quizzes on Othello

http://www.gradesaver.com/othello/study-guide/quiz1/

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/shakespeare/othello.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/quiz.html

http://quizilla.teennick.com/quizzes/911996/which-othello-character-would-you-marry

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=othello-act-iii-review-quiz

http://quizlet.com/1056738/othello-flash-cards/  Match up the quotations

http://quizlet.com/1920963/othello-poetic-vocab-flash-cards/ Poetic Vocabulary

http://quizlet.com/1471871/othello-quotes-flash-cards/  Quotations

Ewan McGregor's talks about his role as Iago

"Othello" - a summary by Spark Notes

Tips on Shakespeare's language for newbies!

This video has three good points to keep in mind while reading Shakespeare's plays. A fourth, which seems blindingly obvious, is to use the notes in your play's editions to annotate words, phrases and speeches in your play text. They are often found at the back of your editions, run in tandem with the play, and are numbered with the play's lines so you can cross refer between the notes and the play text. Another good idea is to listen to the play being acted as professional actors can help you understand speeches through their intonation and expression.

"Othello" summarised by Spark Notes

Critical Views of "Othello" - over time

Click here for an excellent resource from the website, More Learning for a range of critical writing about Shakespeare's play. This will be invaluable for the all important AO3 for AS coursework in English Literature.

Liz Lewis on "Shakespeare's Women"

Coursework students might focus on comments on female characters for the plays they studied.
Shakespeare's Women by Liz Lewis