About Iago’s duplicity: he curses early in the play using the name of Janus, the two faced Roman god of doors. This links him to the theme of deception and implies his own two-faced nature
the animalistic imagery in the Black Ram...White ewe statement also brings Desdemona down to the same level as if tainted by being with him, probably because of the colour imagery and connotations related to the colour black as something dark; as you rightfully said would have had religious connections to the devil, also example of dramatic irony as Iago, the one who says it, has the closest demeanour to the devil.
The cross cultural adaptation of Othello in Indian cinema is way fascinating. Having read the play (its usually off the routine Theatrical list) and seen the adaptation, I had a very different idea but your overview brings many different angles to the fore. Thanks
I just got done with my A level exam on Othello last Thursday and I'm just watching this because I thoroughly enjoyed studying it towards the end. You wrapped things up and explained a lot of things so concisely! Enjoyed this thoroughly. I wish I could write in the way you speak here.
someone decided to put Othello on the GCSE speck so im studying it and this is really helping me with my revision for my mocks and actual exams this year. thank youuuu
This is SO helpful. I have my A Level exam on this and Wuthering Heights in a couple of weeks and there were points that I'd never even considered before. Thank you!!!
Yep! It went pretty well. Loved the Iago and Emilia question! How did you find Sociology? I didn't think it was too bad considering it's Sociology. Which texts are you studying for the Friday English exam?
Thank you, this was extremely helpful and has covered so much. Plus you are a pleasure to listen to - please keep making videos as they are great and you deserve more viewers!
This was great! Your diction and pacing made it so easy to understand and was a perfect recap for my eam tomorrow, tysm!! Suggestion: maybe use images in future videos for more visual learners/to reinforce what you're saying? Looking forward to more content
Never seen a literary analyst as insightful or thorough as you are.. Keep up the good work! Can I maybe request Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller? It's the modern play for A level Literature this year, would love to hear your take on it. =D
+Daniel Hartridge thank you, just using teachers notes and York notes etc! I could well make one on Death of a Salesman as I have studied that one as well! :)
thanks this was soo helpful! Got my final y13 exam in a couple of weeks on Othello and streetcar drama! more analysis videos please? maybe focusing a whole video on one aspect e.g the handkerchief ? :))
Kept it short, used examples and analysed some important symbols and events. Exactly what I needed for my english test tomorrow! Saved my grade, lady! *kisses her hand and Iago comments how sexual it was :P *
It's also important to remember about Emilia's and Iago's relationship - you can read a lot into how she speaks about men in Act 4 Scene 3! I feel she steals the napkin/handkerchief as to try and please a husband whom most likely beats and abuses her. Both Desdemona and Emilia fall victim to their husbands behaviour. Another social statement about the times.
emilia yes I really need to reread it, in the first part of the English lit exam there is an extract from othello that you need to analyse, I never know how to approach the question or how to comment on language structure or form through out the extract? Do you know the best way on how to approach this?
+Sloth Icecream okay so, first you should say where the extract comes from in the play, if u know it. Then you need to pick the most significant bits like is there a symbol like the handkerchief or is Iago doing something suspicious, how are desdemona and othello interacting? Often they say look at the presentation of the characters, so e.g. Someone calls Iago 'honest Iago' when you know Iago is lying, Shakespeare is presenting Iago as dishonest and traitorous. If the question is the standard 'explore the ways in which this extract contributes to tragedy of the play. Comment on Shakespeare's method' question then it's not actually asking you a question, it's telling you to talk about the important bits of the extract. To comment on language, you have to pick out metaphors or use of certain types of words like adjectives and talk about their effect or what they suggest, but this must be in support of your point. Eg the adjective 'honest' suggests Iago is in fact honest when it has already been revealed that Iago is plotting against othello.
You look like you could actually play the role of Desdemona (not because you are naive) because of your tone of voice, beauty and angel like features. Othello is the best.
Thank you!! Exam tomorrow for A2 and I want to make these videos as there aren’t enough teaching videos out there. Reading just doesn’t go in I have to listen :(
🗡️🍓Hi guys, I just posted a video to teach you how to analyse quotes: th-cam.com/video/NQgqXizYGXo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=U43blPG8KE8JYDtY Take a look if you need a hand
Allegra Jashanica Othello speaks in Iambic pentameter which basically is like the rhythm of speech shakespeare always chooses which put the stress on the second syllables of a pair (5 pairs in iambic pentameter) and it sounds very lyrical and musical, typical of a tragic hero. Iago, on the other hand, often speaks in prose which is just kind of normal speaking w/o a specific rhythm or pattern which sets him apart from Othello and reflects his base/evil character. Othello picks up on this style in the middle of the play while under Iagos control but later returns to his high flown, lyrical language at the end. hope that helps !
7 years later and still the most useful Othello analysis
About Iago’s duplicity: he curses early in the play using the name of Janus, the two faced Roman god of doors. This links him to the theme of deception and implies his own two-faced nature
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clear and concise ...you would be a great teacher as your communication skills are excellent.
I thought the same thing
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the animalistic imagery in the Black Ram...White ewe statement also brings Desdemona down to the same level as if tainted by being with him, probably because of the colour imagery and connotations related to the colour black as something dark; as you rightfully said would have had religious connections to the devil, also example of dramatic irony as Iago, the one who says it, has the closest demeanour to the devil.
The cross cultural adaptation of Othello in Indian cinema is way fascinating. Having read the play (its usually off the routine Theatrical list) and seen the adaptation, I had a very different idea but your overview brings many different angles to the fore. Thanks
That does sound v interesting! All about perspective :)
This helped me so so much! I have an exam tomorrow and this was so concise and clear in understanding
I just got done with my A level exam on Othello last Thursday and I'm just watching this because I thoroughly enjoyed studying it towards the end. You wrapped things up and explained a lot of things so concisely! Enjoyed this thoroughly. I wish I could write in the way you speak here.
Thank you, but it's all my teachers!
this video is excellent and so clear, i incorporated some of your ideas into my a level essay and got an A!
Emilia dear, you know what? Your eyes don't let me focus on what you are saying. Touchwood!
Thank you so much, this was really helpful to remind me of the basic plot line and key info for my exam tomorrow in a clear and concise way!!
Thank you sooo much, my a level exam is tomorrow and you’ve helped me soo much❤️
good luck!
Oh my lord same, hope the questions are good...
emilia thank you
I'm also sitting the Alevel English Lit paper tomorrow morning!
Thanks for these last minutes notes :)
Good luck on the paper!
hope it went well! :)
Great job! So young but so eloquent .
thank you queen for the simple summary.... my exam is on Saturday and this video helped me a lot!
someone decided to put Othello on the GCSE speck so im studying it and this is really helping me with my revision for my mocks and actual exams this year. thank youuuu
This is SO helpful. I have my A Level exam on this and Wuthering Heights in a couple of weeks and there were points that I'd never even considered before. Thank you!!!
+Holly Rebecca so glad! Good luck! ☺️
I have my exam this monday too and i must say this is really good!
Ah! Are you with CIE?
yes! gave English lit exam today and have sociology tomorrow. My exam went good and hope yours did too! :)
Yep! It went pretty well. Loved the Iago and Emilia question!
How did you find Sociology? I didn't think it was too bad considering it's Sociology.
Which texts are you studying for the Friday English exam?
I have my A-level exam in a couple of days and this really helped me link ideas together. Very helpful!
good luck !
I am currently studying this for A level and it is pretty confusing but this has helped so much! Thank you!
+Teenage Dreamer you're welcome!
Had a lesson on it today and the 'epitome of the devil' bit related to the lesson so much!
Thank you, this was extremely helpful and has covered so much. Plus you are a pleasure to listen to - please keep making videos as they are great and you deserve more viewers!
Awh thank you, glad you found it helpful!
Wow that was a great help, easy to refresh before my exam tomorrow. Many thanks
Thanks for this. Teacher decided to give us no revision materials for this and focused too much on Frankenstein and Paris so this was useful.
I never noticed the link between the handkerchief and that of a marriage bed - thank you so much !
THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH!! I have Othello a level on Wednesday thanks for this!
hope it went well!!
This was great! Your diction and pacing made it so easy to understand and was a perfect recap for my eam tomorrow,
tysm!! Suggestion: maybe use images in future videos for more visual learners/to reinforce what you're saying? Looking forward to more content
thanks, hope it went well! Definitely a good idea, just wanted to get this one out quickly haha :)
Thanks really needed this for my A Level mocks in November! :)
My final exam is this Thursday - thank you for this video, it's very helpful!
+Tara McMaster me too, good luck!
This really helped me and gave me confidence for my final exam tomorrow! Thank you so much!!
ahh so pleased, good luck!
This was really helpful. - the random person you made this for.
hahahah finally thank u
Yeah, I know it took me too long. But, you know, too err is human, to forgive, divine.
This was a really helpful video! A great revision tool .
Listening to this on repeat in the background while I get ready for me level 3 NCEA English exam!!!
good luck!
This was so incredible helpful with my english lit exam which is tomorrow, thank you for taking the time to do this. :)
ayyy me too, good luck! :)
emilia and you!!
Never even thought about the song! Might have to watch this again before tomorrow's exam
+Emily Knapp good luck!
Perfect for refreshing my memory! Thanks for uploading this!
Ahh glad you liked it!
Never seen a literary analyst as insightful or thorough as you are.. Keep up the good work!
Can I maybe request Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller? It's the modern play for A level Literature this year, would love to hear your take on it. =D
I think you may have found your calling on TH-cam
I really hope you do this with many other set works :)
+Daniel Hartridge thank you, just using teachers notes and York notes etc! I could well make one on Death of a Salesman as I have studied that one as well! :)
York notes are my favourite =D
Thank you so much
This is literally my revision for tonight...Just going to regurgitate what you've said in the Lit exam tomorrow.
+holly jays holly 😂
you have just saved my grade thank you so much
Summer Cox good luck !!!!!
EMilia, you are amazing, I love you :D :).
Thank you! Your insights are so helpful!
I needed this thank you so much p.s you're makeup and outfit is on point!!!
+Darcy Jane aha thank you! 😂☺️
Fabulous commentary. Thank you
thanks this was soo helpful! Got my final y13 exam in a couple of weeks on Othello and streetcar drama! more analysis videos please? maybe focusing a whole video on one aspect e.g the handkerchief ? :))
+Saz S me too! Good luck! I might well do! Likely on Iago's language but I will try to make an extended video on themes ☺️
Really vapid thing to say but I really like your eyeshadow :) Thanks so much, have an exam tomorrow and would be utterly screwed without you. xx
+Lauren Paton thank you haha, and good luck!
My exams is on Thursday... Thank you, you wonderful person!! ❤
+Red Foxie me too, good luck!
My AS exam is next Friday, thankyou so much for this! :)
+Daisy Pugh good luck! ☺️
Thanks,Emilia....It helps me in my mid-term
i've got my final exam or abitur as it's called in germany tomorrow and this is just so helpful !! thanks a lot 😊
this is my favourite channel now !💓😅
+Judith 230299 thank u !! im glad!!! 💜
you are an amazing teacher and you are freaking gorgeous !!
Franklin Clinton thank you, really just telling you my teacher's notes!
Kept it short, used examples and analysed some important symbols and events. Exactly what I needed for my english test tomorrow! Saved my grade, lady!
*kisses her hand and Iago comments how sexual it was :P *
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Yikes
Got a mock exam tomorrow, thanks for the upload
welcome! :))
lol an extra thousand views the night before the exam. good luck everyone
haha yeah, bizarre. Hope it went well!
wowee this was so helpful
+Grace Howells thank you! ☺️
omg when we are so screwed for english
this is so helpful you are so clever i love you
It's also important to remember about Emilia's and Iago's relationship - you can read a lot into how she speaks about men in Act 4 Scene 3! I feel she steals the napkin/handkerchief as to try and please a husband whom most likely beats and abuses her. Both Desdemona and Emilia fall victim to their husbands behaviour. Another social statement about the times.
This is wonderful - I've got my mock tomorrow so I'm trying to go over each text this afternoon, and this is really really helpful. Thank you!
you're welcome!
You look so much like Grace Vanderwaal!!😍
And i feel like i am in the presence of an Elizabethan lady..your face is evocative 😊
Thank you so much! 🥰🩷✝️
this is amazing and so helpful woooooo got my exam tomos x
this helped me immensly thank you so much!!!!!
This was very helpful for me so Thankyou!!
+Franki Reid you're welcome!
This has helped so much! You're a brilliant teacher with an insightful analysis
Thank you - Have an exam tomorrow👍🏻
Love your hairstyle 😎
this was very helpful. also you are smart and beautiful. thank you for sharing these information.
Mennah Alshafey thank you!
Am I the only one here because loves Shakespeare and is not doing an exam? Great video btw!
Thanks so much - this was so helpful!!🌟
+leon barnard you're welcome 😊💜
I've got my English lit exam on this book tomorrow:((( ahhhh
+Sloth Icecream try not to worry! Maybe reread it today?
emilia yes I really need to reread it, in the first part of the English lit exam there is an extract from othello that you need to analyse, I never know how to approach the question or how to comment on language structure or form through out the extract? Do you know the best way on how to approach this?
+Sloth Icecream okay so, first you should say where the extract comes from in the play, if u know it. Then you need to pick the most significant bits like is there a symbol like the handkerchief or is Iago doing something suspicious, how are desdemona and othello interacting?
Often they say look at the presentation of the characters, so e.g. Someone calls Iago 'honest Iago' when you know Iago is lying, Shakespeare is presenting Iago as dishonest and traitorous.
If the question is the standard 'explore the ways in which this extract contributes to tragedy of the play. Comment on Shakespeare's method' question then it's not actually asking you a question, it's telling you to talk about the important bits of the extract.
To comment on language, you have to pick out metaphors or use of certain types of words like adjectives and talk about their effect or what they suggest, but this must be in support of your point. Eg the adjective 'honest' suggests Iago is in fact honest when it has already been revealed that Iago is plotting against othello.
+Sloth Icecream hope that's helpful! (Also I'm not a teacher so listen to your teacher over me!)
emilia omg thank you sooooooooo much !!!!
thank you so much this is so helpful
Thank you very much! That was very helpful!
you're welcome!!
Great work
thanks TH-cam for recommending me this on the eve of my yearly that I have shamefully not studied for mmmm
This was very helpful thank you !❤
Thank you for making this video!! X
glad it helped! :)
I have a humble request for you and the request is Please make the playlist series of all the famous novels of William Shakespare.
Thank you Emiliaaaa!
you're welcome boombaoppayyaaaaaa!
Very nice ❤❤
Thank you so much, this was very helpful!! :)
You look like you could actually play the role of Desdemona (not because you are naive) because of your tone of voice, beauty and angel like features. Othello is the best.
aha thank you
Thanks for posting!
Thank you miss
This really helped - thank you!
I'm glad
Thank you so much this was really helpful! x
That was helpful, thank you. 🙏🏽
Great video!
thanks so much, very helpful!
you're welcome!
So helpful thank you !! 🌻
This is really helpful! Thank you :)
hey, if you could do anymore videos on Othello, focusing on anything specific like the role of women, that would be amazing!!
+ammy kumar I may well do! ☺️
very helpful, thanks x
Thank you!! Exam tomorrow for A2 and I want to make these videos as there aren’t enough teaching videos out there. Reading just doesn’t go in I have to listen :(
Emilia,do you still have Desdemona's hankey ?☺
I always mention the chiaroscuro effect created by by the, ‘black ram tupping your white ewe’ quote.
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🗡️🍓Hi guys, I just posted a video to teach you how to analyse quotes: th-cam.com/video/NQgqXizYGXo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=U43blPG8KE8JYDtY
Take a look if you need a hand
do you have any of your othello essays on google docs please?
Emilia is an ambivalent character, yes.
thank you so much!!!
sitting Othello compared to a streetcar named desire tomorrow at 1 woo
good luck!!
thanks, your vid was super helpful :)
this is so good
Allegra Jashanica thanks!
emilia can you just explain the pentameter part please?
Allegra Jashanica Othello speaks in Iambic pentameter which basically is like the rhythm of speech shakespeare always chooses which put the stress on the second syllables of a pair (5 pairs in iambic pentameter) and it sounds very lyrical and musical, typical of a tragic hero. Iago, on the other hand, often speaks in prose which is just kind of normal speaking w/o a specific rhythm or pattern which sets him apart from Othello and reflects his base/evil character. Othello picks up on this style in the middle of the play while under Iagos control but later returns to his high flown, lyrical language at the end. hope that helps !