Shakespeare's+Soliloquies

Read pp. 4 - 6 in the ** pink **Support Booklet and answer the questions below.


 * p. 4a**

1. What can we construe about Shakespeare's characterisation based on the soliloquies that he affords Iago and Othello?

2. //What is Shakespeare's intention in Othello's final soliloquy? Consider the questions posed by the author of this text://
 * pp. 4b - 6b**

2a. "Is this majestic self justification a pose, or are we seeing once more the unbroken self that Othello presented to us in the first Acts?"

2b. "Does not Othello's shocking self delusion border on presumptuous arrogance?"


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