Iago's soliloquy

Learning Objective: Iago’s soliloquy: why does he hate Othello?

This lesson is based around focuses on the monologue that Iago carries out which reveals fundamental reasons behind his hatred towards Othello. Students are given the opportunity to understand Shakespearian language and terms and then implement this within their own soliloquy which they had to create thereafter.

Starter Activity:

Involves a drama game where names are written on a piece of paper of famous people inclusive of singers, the current Prime minister etc ( students and teachers have to act out the name on the piece of paper without revealing the paper to the class). This is then linked to the idea that we are getting to know Iago in detail and understand who he is along with his personality and his hatred towards specific things.

Main task

Analysing Iago’s soliloquy in detail ( visuals avaliable) This is so students understand the language so we talk and go through this together.

Plenary
What are his motives?
Where does his hatred come from?
Create their own soliloquy