Othello essay plan

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Secondary/High School English (Year 11) Mind Map on Othello essay plan, created by luigi.junior123 on 09/04/2015.
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Othello essay plan
  1. Honour/Morality
    1. honour:- respect, reputation
      1. Othello's loss of honour - Othello's reputation is ruined when he slaps his wife, Desdemona in public
        1. Iago gets Cassio drunk
          1. humiliates himself
            1. indicates the importance of reputation (Act 2 Scene 3)
      2. Appearance versus Reality
        1. Deception
          1. Desdemona deceived her father - women cannot be trusted
            1. Iago implants the notion
            2. Othello is deceived by Iago and this leads to Desdemona's Death
            3. Deceit
              1. Iago is a deceitful character
            4. Prejudice
              1. Racial
                1. Othello is seen as an outsider
                  1. Animals are symbolic
                  2. Gender - Objectifying women [women are seen as objects ('Zounds, sir, you're robbed') ('You have lost half your soul'-men's - father's or husband's-property)]
                    1. Misogyny-Desdemona represents women-loyalty/<dis>honesty/sin
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