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The majority of your grade in this course comes from a sequence of papers based on the assigned literature. This assignment should use at least 2 sources. One source should be a scholarly book or article (secondary source) published within the last ten years. One source will be your textbook. This means your Works Cited page should have at least 2 sources altogether. Use quotes from the textbook and your other source to support your thesis. Note: you may not use online sources such as Wikipedia, Gradesaver, Shmoop, eNotes, 123helpme, and etc.
Assignment:
Write a short essay (750 words) that defends a thesis you developed through a close critical reading/analysis of one (or two) literary works listed on the syllabus and supported by at least two secondary sources. Do not confuse “critical analysis” with “plot summary”; the goal is to develop, sustain, and advance a thesis based on a critique of the primary text but supported in part by at least two secondary source. A list of potential topics is below.
- Analyze key characters from one or more plays in this book. What motivates these characters? Point to specific moments in the play to make your case.
- Write an analysis essay in which you single out an element of one or more plays for examination- character, plot, setting, theme, dramatic irony, tone, language, symbolism, conventions, or any other element. Try to relate this element to the play as a whole. For example, “The Function of Teiresias in Oedipus the King,” “Imagery of Poison in Othello,” etc.
- From a play you have enjoyed, choose a passage that strikes you as difficult, worth reading closely. Try to pick a passage not longer than about 20 lines. Explicate it- give it a close, sentence-by sentence reading- and explain how this small part of the play relates to the whole. For instance, any of the following passages might be considered memorable (and essential to their plays):
- Othello’s soliloquy beginning “It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul” (Othello, 5.2.1-22)
- Oedipus to Teiresias, speech beginning “Wealth, power, craft of statesmanship!” (Oedipus the King, 1.163-86
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Critical Analysis Essay
Analyzing the key character
Tiresias is a character in the play 'Oedipus Rex’. He is a blind prophet who prophesies
that the king Laius killers is king Oedipus. He also prophesies that King Oedipus will one day
after becoming blind dress in rags wondering in exile (Kaplan page 142). The play, Oedipus Rex,
is an ancient Greek play written by Sophocles. It is a tragic play telling the story of King
Oedipus who was the king of Thebes, who had sought the advice of an oracle who is believed to
know the future. As the story matures, a plague is threatening his kingdom, Thebes. Thus, he
seeks this advice from Tiresias, the prophet, who tells him that, in order for the plague to go
away, the king will need to find the killers of king Laius, who was the kingdoms previous king
and brings them to justice. The king then seeks to say his city by looking out for the king’s
killers. This ...
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