These were the warm ups this week. Please choose one to develop into an essay of approximately 6 paragraphs (intro, 2 paragraphs on Hamlet, 2 paragraphs on The Crucible, and a conclusion). Due 3/29.

This week’s warm-ups require you to write a complex thesis statement. It should include a reference to two plays, and a basic introduction to what you will say about each.
Ex:  “XsubjectX is addressed very differently/similarly in Hamlet and The Crucible: whereas in Hamlet, XXXXX, in The Crucible, XXXXX.”
Prompt: Techniques of characterization in drama are often directed to foregrounding an overall driving theme or idea. Using two plays you have studied, show how the presentation of a character or characters can serve such a purpose.
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Words that demand action are important in plays. Discuss the ways in which plans, requests, vows or commands function in at least two of the plays you have studied.

Write a thesis statement for a paper that would respond to this prompt.

3/15

Compare how writers in your study have explored the themes of judgment and punishment, or disguise and deceit, or love and friendship, and with what effect.

Write a thesis statement for a paper that would respond to this prompt.

3/16

Explore the ways in which dramatists have made use of monologues and/or soliloquies in at least two plays you have studied.

Write a thesis statement for a paper that would respond to this prompt.

3/17/17
Examine the ways in which rebels, outsiders, or characters alienated in some other way from their society, have been presented in the works you have studied.

Write a thesis statement for a paper that would respond to this prompt.