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For this paper, you will select one of the questions below as a starting point to develop your thesis about the play

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For this paper, you will select one of the questions below as a starting point to develop your thesis about the play. Your thesis should be clearly stated in the introduction, body paragraphs should be used to prove your thesis, and the conclusion should tie back into your introduction. Textual evidence must be used to support your thesis. Your essay should be typed, Times New Roman, MLA format, and a minimum of 650 words.

We will use "Questions for Writing: A Revision Checklist" on pages 1495-1496 for peer review of the rough draft on 3/24/22 and as a checklist for the essay before submission of final copy.

Choose ONE of these questions to answer and develop a thesis. What textual evidence (examples from the text) can be used to support your thesis?

Chapter 42: Critical Strategies for Reading

Marxist Questions (Review Marxist Criticism, page 1467)

1. How are class differences presented in the work? Are characters aware or unaware of the economic and social forces that affect their lives?

2. How do economic conditions determine the characters' lives?

3. What ideological values are explicit or implicit?

4. Does the work challenge or affirm the social order it describes?

Gender Studies Questions (Review Gender Strategies, pages 1469-70)

1. How are the lives of men and women portrayed in the work? Do the men and women in the work accept or reject these roles?

2. What attitudes are explicit or implicit concerning sexual relationships? Are these relationships sources of conflict? Do they provide resolutions to conflicts?

4. Does the work challenge or affirm traditional ideas about men and women and same-sex relationships?

5. Are gender and/or sexuality presented as fixed or fluid?

Psychological Questions (Review Psychological Strategies, pages 1464-1466)

1. What do the characters' emotions and behavior reveal about their psychological states? What types of personalities are they?

Writing Tips:

E.M. Forster famously said, "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?" What this means is that writing is a process of discovery. Many writers better understand what they are saying AFTER they have said it. If this happens, you will need to revise your introduction to reflect the discovery (insight, epiphany, lightbulb goes off) you have made.

Always keep in mind this question: What are the specific choices made by the author (observations) and what is the effect of those choices upon MEANING (analysis, interpretation). Answering the question WHY should drive your analysis.

Format:

Introduction: Answer to the question framed as a thesis statement. How to write a thesis statement:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_fiction/developing_a_thesis.html

Body: Textual evidence that supports the thesis statement. Evidence should be specific examples (not generalizations) from the text, including quotations.

Conclusion: Brings the essay full-circle, tying back into the introduction.