Pre-AP English II: Iago's Web

Track the web of destruction Iago generates as he manipulates Othello toward his doom. (see partial example at bottom of post)

Step One:
Place the following character names in a circle extending to near the edges of your paper.

• Brabantio
• Cassio
• Desdemona
• The Duke
• Emilia
• Othello
• Montano
• Roderigo

Step Two:
Draw lines citing the relationship between the characters prior to Iago’s campaign of manipulation. (For instance, the line between Brabantio and Desdemona would be labeled “father/daughter.”)

Step Three:
Then place Iago somewhere within the web you’ve made and in a different color, connect the relationships he has with the characters and how his involvement has tainted the other characters’ relationships. (For instance, a red line between Brabantio and Desdemona labeled “Brabantio disowns Desdemona.”

Step Four:
Keep adding “Iago lines” until the end of the play. (The new line connecting The Duke to Othello will be one of the last added.)

Due Date: April 26, 2013


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