Not 100% sure of the length and assignment yet.
not 100% sure of the length and assignment yet. I wanted to see if anyone out here is very familiar in writing about Macbeth.
American Literature
Provide a clearly-labelled working thesis statement.
List the author name(s) and literary work(s) you plan to write about. Provide a research question. This is the question you most want to answer as you proceed in your research project. (Example Research Questions: What is Homer saying in The Iliad and The Odyssey about suffering and loss during war, and even after? What …
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Write an analytical essay that considers in detail one of these accusations against roth and his book.
Philip Roth’s American Pastoral has been criticized from at least three points of view: (1) It has been called sexist in its portrayal of women characters. (2) It has been called racist in its depiction of the 1967 Newark riots and aftermath. (3) It has been called a trivialization of the 1960s protest movement against …
What is rest?
In response to one of the prompts below, write an organized, well-developed essay with a thesis, an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion that supports its claim with specific material cited from the text. All internal citations, plus a works cited page, should be made according to MLA standards (shown below). Example: When Beowulf questions …
What might the author want to reader to understand/think about/do? c.
This assignment asks you to decide on 2 texts (which can be an article, pop culture artifact, OR a video clip of 5 -10 minutes each) that will be the focus of your entire essay. They must be texts that make compelling and powerful arguments about the topic/issue you have chosen AND they must be …
What might the author want to reader to understand/think about/do?
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Have these representations simply doubled down on ableist norms and assumptions?
This week, we turn our attention to Fantasy and Disability (Disability Studies is one of my areas of specialization!). My original plan for this week was to assign just the first episode of American Horror Story: Freak Show. But then I learned AHS has left Netflix for Hulu, and I didn’t feel I could require …
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Consider characters, settings, plots, events, levels of violence, symbolism, etc. as you compare and contrast the story versions.
I will link the reading below and the movie can be watched on myflixer.to This just needs to be about 2 paragraphs 12 sentences each. “Read the 1812 version of “Rapunzel” written by the Grimm Brothers and found in the 2011 book titled Folk & Fairy Tales edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek and …