Othello Reading Log

OTHELLO READING LOG

As we are reading and listening to Othello, you will be responsible for keeping a reading log. You will need a completed log for each act in the play (that means FIVE total). Each act will be worth 20 points.

MOTIF

Select a motif from the play to track as you read.

a. Jealousy

b. Love

c. Race

d. Animals

e. Light/Dark or White/Black

f. Heaven/Hell (also refs. to angels & devil)

g. Gender bias

h. Reputation & Honor

i. Self-Esteem

j. Proof & Judgment

k. OTHER?

LITERARY TERM

Choose one literary term from your literary device sheet that appears in each act. Think rhetorical devices (i.e. irony, metaphor, etc.)

CHARACTER

Select one character from each column below. One of these characters will typically be in a scene you are analyzing.

For each selection, analyze one of the characters you selected and respond to his/her actions.

Primary

/ Secondary / Tertirary
Iago
Othello / Roderigo
Cassio
Desdemona / Brabantio
Emilia
Bianca

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

3. Select one of the following essential questions to journal about as we read:

a. How do external forces shape an individual?

b. How does an individual shape society?

REACTIONS

As you read, fill in the grids with appropriate information and comments. Beneath your grid, jot down your reactions to

the selection as a whole.

NOTE: For citations write as Act.Scene.Line Example for a quote from Act 1, Scene 1, Line 65 “I am not what I am”(1.1.65)

Selection: Act I, Scenes 2 & 3

How would I summarize this selection? / Describe the setting(s) of the selection. How does it affect the plot? / Literary Term:
Motif:
How and why does it appear in this selection? / Character: / What lines or phrases seem integral to my understanding of the plot or characters in this selection?
What words or phrases from this selection amuse or interest me? What words/phrases should become part of my vocabulary? / What images seem to reoccur in this selection? / How does this selection help me answer the essential question?