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Othello Website Assignment General Instructions and Elements

Students are to find and document examples of all of the listed literary devices in the play.
Students will need to write their own thoughts for textual examples.
Websites are largely image based and copious amounts of images should be used in this website to
make it appealing and help with visual organization.
All images used must not have any watermarks or other identifiers signifying ownership by an author.
All images and referenced information must be cited in a Symbaloo page.
The Website must have a banner that declares the site is for educational purposes and no profit shall be
derived by its creator.
In the event that a student wishes to continue to build the site after being graded for a profit, the
student should know that merely citing all images and sources of material does not allow use in a for
profit site.
The creator of a for-profit site must contact the original creator of any image or material and ask
permission and retain that permission if they are going to use the information/image in a for profit site.

Elements:
Allegory A narrative that has 2 meanings one literal or surface meaning and the other metaphorical (the
characters and settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities
Allusion Any reference, direct or indirect, to a person, place, event, or character in history, literature,
mythology, etc.
Catastrophe The concluding action of a tragedy, where the principal character meets with death or
other significant defeat.
Catharsis Purgation or purification of the emotions of pity and fear from the viewing of a tragic drama
Characters Living beings in a work of fiction
Comic Relief A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama
Conceit An ingenious and fanciful notion or conception through an elaborate analogy showing striking
parallel between two dissimilar things.
Connotation The suggested or emotional meaning of a word as compared with its dictionary definition
Context The setting or frame of reference in which an event takes place
Effect The impression made by a literary work on a reader or society
Hamartia The tragic flaw or error of judgment
Invocation An address to a god or muse whose aid is sought

Socratic Irony Pretending to be ignorant when in fact the character is being cautious or tentative
Verbal Irony Contrast between what is stated and what is suggested
Mood The atmosphere or emotional effect generated by the words images situations in a literary work
Plot The action that which happens in a literary work
Complication smaller actions or events which confound and compound the original problem
Crisis The turning point for better or worse in a play
Climax A point of high emotional intensity often the protagonist and antagonist clash for the last time
Denouement Falling action, the conclusion of a plot, the resolution
Recognition The moment at which a chief character recognizes the happy or awful truth.
Reversal The thrilling change of luck for the protagonist at the last moment
Setting A combination of locale, historical period, season or hour, and spiritual, ethnic and cultural
background
Tone The writers or speakers attitude toward his subject, audience, or himself
Tragedy A serious fiction involving the downfall of a hero or heroine
Tragic Flaw In a tragedy, the defect in the hero that leads to a downfall
Tragic Irony the most noble and most deserving person, because of the very grounds of his or her
excellence, dies in defeat.

You should also include a resources section that has


Critical reviews you agree with
Links to video resources with descriptions
Artwork (original preferred)
Social Impact section showing how Othello has
shaped the world,
the culture
the literature of today
Additionally, you must use one of each type of tool available for the free Weebly page. NOTE: this
includes an embedded Youtube video of your own creation. Again as with the previous youtube based
assignment, you may create a public, private, or unlisted video. Public videos are the easiest to work
with, however should you need privacy to protect your identity, you may do that and I will work with
you on that.

Grading
The overall appearance and appeal of the website will be weighted heavily, however, you should make
sure all content questions and literary terms are done, and done well to give you the highest points.

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