Study Othello’s last speech

�​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​��SOFT YOU, A WORD OR TWO.” --Study Othello’s last speech. What is the function of the speech—what is Othello trying to accomplish? What do you notice about the style and rhetoric of the speech? Research the allusions and look at the textual variants (“base Judean” or “base Indian”). Which makes better sense to you, and why? What do you make of the references to the “turban’d Turk”? Of the reference to the “circumcised dog”? You may want to look up some criticism about this speech in the process of forming your own opinions. Y​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​our best source of essays on Othello is the MLA International Database on Ebsco. Remember your paper should be about 1500 words NOT including the Works Cited, in MLA Format, use textual evidence from the play and any secondary sources. Your Works Cited page should be in MLA style. (Note: When the prompt says “Agree, Disagree, or Qualify” I mean that your thesis should state the positive case (agree), the negative case (disagree), or a positive case but . . . or negative case but . . . (qualify). Do not state that you "agree" or "disa​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​gree" with the statement.)