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Exercise –  Othello Act 3 

Respond to the following question using MLA intext citations and direct quotes of lines from the play to support your answers.   Use the original Old English Shakespearean text to complete your answer.  DO NOT use the No Fear Shakespeare modern English translation as part of your answer.   Use signal phrases like, “According to Gloucester” or “Goneril said…” as part of your answer. .   For verse plays, give act, scene, and line numbers that can be located in any edition of the work. Use Arabic numerals and separate the numbers with periods.   Please sure to put the punctuation at the end of your sentences.  

Examples:

In Shakespeare’s King Lear, Gloucester, blinded for suspected treason, learns a profound lesson from his tragic experience: “A man may see how this world goes / with no eyes” (4.6.148-49). 

When Hamlet confronts Rosencrantz and Gildenstern, he tells them that he “is not easily played upon” (3.4.127).   

Question:

Act 3 is a pivotal act in the play Othello as Othello becomes more emotionally unstable as the play progresses. What are at least 3 examples of Othello’s unstable behavior and how does his changed behavior impact his relationships with other characters? Be sure that you use direct quotes from the text to support your answers. Please write no more than a 450 word response to this question.