Thursday, April 19, 2012.

CP Period 7:

1) Check Vocabulary Lesson XXV (25).

Read ACT III to...

Academic English Periods 1-5

We read The Tragedy of Othello ACT III

Period 1: Scene 3 pp. 169, line 400 pg. 169
Period 2: Scene 4, line 75. Pp. 154-181.
Period 3: Completed all of Scene 3 to page 173
Period 5: Scene 3 , line 325 p. 163
If you are absent, access the play online on No-Fear Shakespeare translated text. sfgrai

NOTES: Allusion: a reference to a historical or literary person, place, thing, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar.

In ACT II: Hydra: in Greek mythology, a nine-headed serpent that was killed by Hercules: "Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all" (II.3.304-305).

In ACT III: Chaos, according to Greek mythology, was the dark and silent abyss which gave birth to Night and to Erebus, the fathomless dwelling place of death: "...Perdition catch my soul. But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again (III.3.90-91)
In ACT III: Diana, in Roman mythology, was the virgin goddess of the moon and the hunt: [Her] name, that was as fresh As Dian's visage, is now begrim'd and black As mine own face. (III.3.386-387)