Natasha's SCH

INTO OTHELLO Themes War (Othello vs his own Arab ‘Turk” people) Hope Race and Social Status Infidelity (Adultery) Love, Mistrust and Betrayal

Motifs Handkerchief Alcohol Lies Money Light

Writing Style: Verse (poetry) and Prose (daily conversation) Verse – Iambic Pentameter (5 words per line, rhythmic pattern) Prose – High Class Elegance VS Lower Class Chit Chat Historical Context: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Early Education – Attended Grammar School, learnt Latin and English grammar while writing plays 1582. Married Anne Hathaway (26), he was (18) 1592. Playwright in London 1616. Unknown death Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice – 1603 Italian short story “un Capitano moro” – 1565 Ottoman Venetian War (War of Cyprus)– 1570-1573 Renaissance Human Dignity Social Context: 1. Forbidden Love 2. Gang Warfare 3. Trans-Genderism 4. Race Discrimination 5. Tragic Hero Cultural Context: 1. Teen Angst 2. Inter-racial Marriages 3. Blackface (Mockery to black people, white people applying heavy make up to portray a black character) 4. Shakespearian Diction (10% of dictionary words)

INTO PYGMALION Themes Transformation Gender Language and Social Status Middle Class Morality Alcoholism Adultery & Prostitution

Motifs Flower Slipper Thunder, Rain Money Jewelry, Clothing Looking Glass (Act 2)

Writing Style: Allusion to “Pygmalion” – Greek Mythology about Cypriot sculptor who had lost respect to women morality, built himself a marble statue of his ideal woman “Galatea”. He prayed to Venus and Galatea came to life. Wish granted. Straightforward, Witty, Realistic Historical Context: George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Early Education – Despises education, school as prison 1876. Joined his mother’s household, wrote plays in public library 1898. Married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, Irish heiress, had affairs 1950. Death after falling off a tree World War I “Britain’s Great War”, Colonialism, Industrialization, Rise of Women and the Working Class – Early 20th century Pygmalion first presented – 1912 Social Context: 6. Class Differentiation 7. Women Empowerment Cultural Context: 5. Makeover 6. Inter-class Marriages

INTO POE Themes Fear & Hope (Pit & Pendulum) Truth & Guilt

Forgiveness & Redemption Betrayal & Love Man and Impending death

Split self Motifs Light Walls Insanity VS Rationality Curiosity (Pit and Pendulum)

Eyes Dreams Animals Darkness

Historical Context: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) 1814. 1817. 1834. 1844.

Merapi Volcano Burst – Year without Summer Bell Witch Haunting (Poltergeist), Tennessee Decline of the Spanish Inquisition The Great Balloon Adventure

Pit and the Pendulum – 1842 Tell-Tale Heart – 1843 Cask of Amontilado – 1846 (My Fortunato, Cough will not kill me) Wife died – 1847 (12 years after marriage, due to tubercolosis) Edgar Allan Poe died – 1849 Social Context: 8. Mental Health – Sanity vs Insanity (Arkham Asylum) 9. Science Fiction – Jules Verne “Around the World in 80 Days” 10. Psycho-Thrillers – Serial Killers 11. Detective Novels – Arthur Conan Doyle 12. Psychology Dream Aspect – Sigmund Freud  It, Ego, Super Ego 13. Goth Sub-Culture Cultural Context: Fear in the Media – Stephen King 1. 80s movie – Friday the 13th 2. Fear Factor 3. Scare Tactics