Othello - Lesson 5 - Act 1 Scene 3 - Morality Plays (Evil and Dark vs Light) + Practice Q

This is a double lesson if you include reading and annotation. This lesson opens considering a key quote from the assigned reading and literary criticism from Lesson 4. It then builds on students knowledge of Iago and introduces the ‘Vice’ character in morality plays. After a class reading of Act I Scene III, students are then asked to reflect on other ‘dramatic’ methods in Act I that suggest evil (e.g. the night time setting and Iago speaking in the shadows) and Aristotle’s Three Unities. In preparation for a mock exam, this lesson also includes a practice exam question and a review of how to structure a response.