Using what you have learned about Theatrical Criticism from the text, type a 1pg paper about your chosen production. Do some research to find out whatever impact it might have made to Theatre History.

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Actor

Using what you have learned about Theatrical Criticism from the text, type a 1pg paper about your chosen production. Do some research (STAY AWAY FROM WIKIPEDIA) to find out whatever impact it might have made to Theatre History. Most importantly, tell me if you liked the show or not… and WHY! (Be Specific!)

Write an essay (3-5 paragraphs) that Identifies and analyzes the figurative languages used and the choices that the author makes to create the theme and meaning behind the text.

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Analyzes of the last leaf

Write an essay (3-5 paragraphs) that Identifies and analyzes the figurative languages used and the choices that the author makes to create the theme and meaning behind the text.

Is the play supporting or criticizing the monarchy? What problems/gaps do we see with the system of rule in place in Denmark in the play? Think about how Claudius, not Hamlet becomes king, how Claudius is a bit of a crappy ruler, how Fortinbras takes over at the end, etc.

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Your choice

Select a theme in Hamlet (such as spying, madness, or fathers/sons and discuss their significance in the play. Some suggestions:
• Is Hamlet insane? Be prepared to focus in on several scenes from the beginning, middle, and end of the play to prove your point.
• Is the play supporting or criticizing the monarchy? What problems/gaps do we see with the system of rule in place in Denmark in the play? Think about how Claudius, not Hamlet becomes king, how Claudius is a bit of a crappy ruler, how Fortinbras takes over at the end, etc.
• One of Shakespeare’s trademarks is trap setting, as in “I’ll set up this particular situation and see how this other character behaves.” Discuss 3 traps set by various characters that you see in the play and discuss their outcomes. Do the traps actually help to prove anything?

Using the iceberg theory and Freudian Analysis, why does Hamlet do the things that he does in the play? In other words, psychoanalyze Hamlet. Feel free also to psychoanalyze the other characters as well in relation to Hamlet.

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Hamlet Times Write

You may pick from any of the following prompts and write three thoughtful and thorough paragraphs. Or, you can pick 3 prompts and write one thoughtful and thorough paragraph for each prompt.

EXTRA CREDIT: PICK TWO PROMPTS AND WRITE THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH PARAGRAPHS FOR EACH PROMPT.

WRITING PROMPTS:
1) Using the iceberg theory and Freudian Analysis, why does Hamlet do the things that he does in the play? In other words, psychoanalyze Hamlet. Feel free also to psychoanalyze the other characters as well in relation to Hamlet.
2) Compare and contrast Hamlet’s madness with Ophelia’s madness.
3) How does Shakespeare examine death (physical death), suicide, and the afterlife through the character Hamlet?
4) Did/Does Hamlet truly love Ophelia?
5) Is Hamlet truly “mad”? Why or why not?
6) How are the misogynistic views of Hamlet a destructive force in the play?
7) How do all the men in Ophelia’s life treat her? Why does it contribute to her death?

One of the most important characters in “Trifles” is Mrs. Wright, yet she never appears on the stage. Why did Glaspell leave her out of the play? How does her absence impact Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters? Discuss the ways the play would be different if Mrs. Wright was present.

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Trifles

Answer the following discussion questions about Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” in a well-detailed, complete response. A sentence or two will not be sufficient.

1. One of the most important characters in “Trifles” is Mrs. Wright, yet she never appears on the stage. Why did Glaspell leave her out of the play? How does her absence impact Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters? Discuss the ways the play would be different if Mrs. Wright was present.

2. Research the lives of women in rural American communities at the turn of the century. What were typical tasks assigned to women? How did the requirements of frontier life determine the role women played in the family? Explore how the frontier experience affected the decisions made by Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale in the play.

Address what struck you about the play’s structure, formal elements, and/ or content. Include what you found most interesting, memorable, or confusing. And if raising questions, attempt to answer them.

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Journal

PLAYS:
-Tartuffe by Richard Wilbur
-The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
-The Poor of New York by Dion Boucicault

An essay about 5 1/2 total , 2-1 1/2 pages per play, Times New Roman Sise 12. Single space

-Add an introductory page and take-away/summary page to bookend your entries before submission.

-Address what struck you about the play’s structure, formal elements, and/ or content.
-Include what you found most interesting, memorable, or confusing. And if raising questions, attempt to answer them.
-List associations or connections to other works you’ve experienced, in any genre, that the material raised for you.

Write a paper in which you analyze how such critique is being delivered* and what aspects of upper-class society’s habits and attitudes are being critiqued.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

In the play The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde makes a critique of English upper classes. Write a paper in which you analyze how such critique is being delivered* and what aspects of upper-class society’s habits and attitudes are being critiqued.

Define a critique as “a detailed analysis and assessment of something”, in which you express an opinion about a significant aspect of a literary work, write a critique about a reading on the syllabus.

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Blackboard Learn Research Critique

Define a critique as “a detailed analysis and assessment of something” (New Oxford American Dictionary, 2001), in which you express an opinion about a significant aspect of a literary work, write a critique about a reading on the syllabus.

Since this unit has a ‘research’ component you will need to consult an outside (secondary) source, which should be in-text cited (either by way of short quote or paraphrase) in the body of your critique, with it being clear how your secondary source added to your understanding of the reading (primary source). Your critique should have, at the end, a Works Cited section, including entries for your primary and secondary sources, both of which you should have quoted or paraphrased within the body of your text (in text citation). You should consult either a grammar or MLA guides (can be found in libraries or online) for the appropriate models for documenting various kinds of sources.

The secondary source must be one (or more) of the sources listed at the back of the Norton Anthology, just after the numbered pages, in the Selected Bibliography section, where you will find books about your primary source under the name of the author, alphabetized according to period. So, for example, if your primary source is Hamlet, you will find secondary sources, books about it, under Shakespeare in “IX. Europe and the New World ” (page A 13. Vol. 1). Many can be accessed physically at Cuny Libraries, but do check for hours and conditions of entry, while the pandemic is still with us; also many of the sources and resources are available online; while rare would be the one not available in the Brooklyn or New York Public Library systems, now open, where books either circulate or can be consulted in the research divisions.

Consult pages 10-14 of syllabus for ‘model papers’ on two of the authors we read this semester, for content, format and documentation purposes, for form and content (not necessarily length):

Write a paper on how video games can be used as a good way to tell narrative story-telling, specifically character drama.

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Games and Other Fiction as an Art Form

Write a paper on how video games can be used as a good way to tell narrative story-telling, specifically character drama. Good examples preferred to be used are the games Firewatch from Campo Santo, and SOMA by Frictional Games.

Write a play including the characters Princess Katherine and princess Sarah, Chris the gardener. Write a play on how the two princess need to get married by someone who has the same high class but one of the princess gets married by someone who’s low class which is against their rules.

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Love

Write a play including the characters Princess Katherine and princess Sarah, Chris the gardener. Write a play on how the two princess need to get married by someone who has the same high class but one of the princess gets married by someone who’s low class which is against their rules. Apply other characters if necessary. The assignment must be 8 pages and have a beginning , conflict and a resolution.