Act I Othello OEA Response

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Act I Othello OEA Response

• How does Shakespeare develop your assigned
  theme/motif to develop a character, conflict,
  relationship, setting, or idea in Act 1 of
  Othello?
• Use at least 3 examples of your theme/motif as
  supporting evidence for your claim above.

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Observation

• Begin with a topic sentence/observation
  statement
• In Act One of the play Othello, Shakespeare uses
  insert your theme to develop describe a
  character, conflict, relationship, setting, or
  idea.
• Example In Act One of the play Othello,
  Shakespeare uses the theme of public versus
  private to establish the internal conflict of the
  characters.

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Evidence

• Use context to introduce each quote/example.
• Follow each quote with a proper citation
  revealing the act,scene, and line numbers.
• Example When Iago explains his philosophy of how
  men should act, he says, "I serve him to serve
  himself" (1.1, 34-35).

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Analysis

• Provide an analysis to prove your observation
  statement. Should be at least two sentences that
  do not restate the quote.
• Example Iago establishes early in the play
  through a private discussion with Roderigo his
  hatred for Othello's decision to promote Cassio
  over Iago. His anger fuels him to make this
  paradoxical statement revealing that his false
  loyalty to Othello will ultimately help him
  succeed.

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Transition Word

• To add similar proof Furthermore, in addition,
  moreover, also, secondly
• For themes with versus, you may want to show
  contrasting proof. If that's the case use these
  transitions however, on the other hand, but

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Evidence/Analysis 2TransitionEvidence/Analysis
3Conclusion sentence