IGCSE Othello
Description
Othello is a set text for paper 0475 IGCSE English Literature exams in 2021.
First performed in 1504, Othello continues to relate to the audience, nearly 600 years after it was written. It was one of the plays to address racial prejudice and explores sexual jealousy till the brink of absolute destruction. The Moorish General Othello marries the beautiful Desdemona who loves him dearly. Out of jealousy and hatred, Iago schemes against the happy couple and convinces Othello of Desdemona’s disloyalty, and he soons becomes victim to Iago’s evil machinations, which results in death and despair.
This play has been played onstage and adapted as movies with different settings, plots, and cultural modifications.
Sign up for this course for an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s Othello. Learn to deconstruct, analyse and answer essay-type questions with our group classes, which would be held in conjunction with exam dates.
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Topics for this course
Extract-based Essay
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Personal Response
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Characters, situations, and themes
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Authorial purpose and writer’s use of language
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Ability to reference and quote from the text