explication

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write a short explication on a certain passage in the play. Your explication will be based on a section in the play of your choice. If you wish to focus on a short stanza, that is completely fine; however, make sure that you have content to create your analysis. Word limit: at least 200 words.

*Adapted from UCLA:

*WHAT IS AN EXPLICATION?

Your explication should do as many of the following as possible:

  • Name the work and the author; identify the speaker and/or characters involved; briefly explain the context of the passage (where it occurs in the work, and any important incidents associated with it) and the cultural/social/political issue that you will examine.
  • Assert an argument about how the passage illustrates the novel’s attitude toward or stance on a specific issue. Support this argument by pointing to literary characteristics (sentence structure, figurative language, imagery, tone, plot, word choice) that elucidate the meanings of the passage and/or the work as a whole. Be specific. Refer to (and quote) specific words and phrases.
  • Support your argument by explaining how the passage is significant in relation to the whole work.
  • Do NOT merely summarize or paraphrase the passage.
  • Do NOT feel like you need to cover everything or list all that you’ve found—you will usually have to focus on a few significant details in order to write in paragraph form. Focus on the specifics that support your argument.

The explication process, broken down:

· In a very basic sense, what is happening here?

· HOW, specifically, is it being represented? (through choices of structure, word choice, tone, plotting, imagery, etc.)

· AND what significance do those representational choices have for the work/passage in question?

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A short stanza in Macbeth by William Shakespeare is sunder focused. The stanza is “Out,
out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon
the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing...


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