english question Academic Help

I’m studying for my English class and need an explanation.

CLICK for definitions of voyeur (Links to an external site.) and co-conspirator (Links to an external site.) (i.e. a collaborator in a conspiracy) (Links to an external site.)

1. Read the brief, hyperlinked piece and closely review the excerpt from it posted on this page (see both the link and the excerpt below)
2. Follow instructions for your first post, & embed your media correctly! * Submit by Wed. 11:59 pm.
3. Respond to a minimum of two classmates by Sun. before midnight
4. One response should be to the post with the fewest responses at the time you log on to comment.

STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS

[A] READ:

First, read this very brief piece about our fascination with Iago and various efforts to explain him: “What You Know, You Know: The Mind of Iago” (Links to an external site.)

[B] REVIEW:

After reading it in its entirety (it is short), review an excerpt from it, reproduced below:

[C] WRITE & EMBED:

In your first post, respond to the following THREE prompts. Number your responses correctly. Include the short title for each prompt resins that is provided below.

The three prompts to address in post #1:

1. This idea of the audience being thrilled and appalled at once by the maneuvers of a cruel and shameless villain certainly applies in the case of Iago, whose maneuvering we follow with dread and fascination. Shakespeare clearly understood our attraction to such characters. What choices does Shakespeare make in this play to maneuver us – the audience – into position as Iago’s co-conspirators, (Links to an external site.)or at the very least, as his silent (complicit) witnesses? Be specific. Offer an example from the text of Othello.

• • SUGGESTED LENGTH: 5-8 SENTENCES
  • Title your answer: THE ROLE OF THE AUDIENCE

2. How does this strategy contribute to the power of the play?

• • SUGGESTED LENGTH: 5-8 SENTENCES
  • Title your answer: WHAT THIS STRATEGY DOES

3. Identify a favorite villain of yours. Describe this figure. What makes him or her compelling in the ways explained above? Explain and perhaps offer an illustrative example.

• • SUGGESTED LENGTH: 4-6 SENTENCES
  • Title your answer: FAVORITE VILLAIN & WHY

[D] RESPOND TO PEERS:

Respond to a minimum of two classmates’ posts