SHAKESPEARE scene analysis

1. Select a brief scene, approximately 10 lines or so in length, from your chosen text: Macbeth Othello (If you are able, include the link to your scene in your assignment. For example, the link below is from a 3-minute scene [which is longer than it needs to be, but I like it] from Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet.) 2. Consider the reason(s) you chose this scene and why it is important to the text. There needs to be an emphasis on its significance, such as the development of theme, character(s), symbols, motifs, and the like. For instance, is it a resolution to a conflict? Does it reveal something about a character? Does it reinforce additional themes? You might also include what has just happened, where it is taking place, what is being said [include key lines], what else is happening in and around it, and/or what it foreshadows. 3. Provide some background information to situate the scene. 4. Break down the scene and its relevance to the overall play; in a paragraph, approximately 500 to 700 words, consider each character’s behavior and motivation(s), images, symbols and the like, which allow this text to express its story in its own distinctive way. Be sure to include a concluding remark or two that shows your understanding of why this scene is important to the entire text.