Context (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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AO3 & context marks in A-Level Eng Lit
AO3 & context marks in A-Level Eng Lit
Understanding context importance; ~24% of total marks
Shakespeare's birth year & place
Shakespeare's birth year & place
April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon
Othello written & first performed
Othello written & first performed
Written 1603; first performed 1604
Shakespeare's acting company name
Shakespeare's acting company name
Lord Chamberlain's Men (later King's Men)
Source text for Othello
Source text for Othello
Gli Hecatommithi by Cinthio (1565, Italian)
First Folio: publication year & play count
First Folio: publication year & play count
1623 (7 yrs after death); 36 plays
Othello's two main settings
Othello's two main settings
Venice and Cyprus (Venetian war outpost)
English Renaissance period dates
English Renaissance period dates
15th century through to mid-17th century
'Black' dual meaning in Shakespeare's era
'Black' dual meaning in Shakespeare's era
Both race and morality (evil, opposite of white/pure)
Women's status in 16th-17th century
Women's status in 16th-17th century
Subordinates to men; treated as possessions