Write one 5-page argumentative essay on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

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Argumentative essay on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

You will write one 5-page argumentative essay on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This essay will be organized so that it

  • 1) frames a question/problem,
  • 2) advances a clear, arguable Thesis (your tentative answer to the question),
  • 3) supports your Thesis with a critical reading of the text, and
  • 4) draws a Conclusion suggesting why your Thesis should matter to other readers.

You may use either APA or MLA, but whichever you use, use it consistently and correctly, including a Works Cited page.

Once you choose a character to analyze, use the character traits list for a reference. Consider how the character’s personality traits are revealed through his or her thoughts, speech, and actions throughout the play. Make a list out what the character says, does, fails to say, fails to do, and what others say about that character that support your analysis of the character.

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Essay 2: Character Analysis

Rhetorical Situation:

Purpose: To analyze a character from A Raisin in the Sun in a well-organized essay. This essay should analyze the internal workings of a character- motivation, personality, and how these factors shape/determine the events and ultimate outcome of the work. Therefore, consider what the character says and how he or she interacts with others. To some extent, analysis means treating characters as if they are real people who think, act, and feels as we do. It is important, however, to limit analysis only to what can be supported in the text.

 

Audience: General but consider an audience who would be familiar with the basic plot of the play. Therefore, there is no need to give extensive plot summary.

 

Conventions: Use MLA format including both in-text citations and “Work Cited” page. Maintain an academic tone. Use third person point of view and avoid contractions and slang. 4 full pages plus a work cited page.

 

Prewriting Suggestion: Once you choose a character to analyze, use the character traits list for a reference. Consider how the character’s personality traits are revealed through his or her thoughts, speech, and actions throughout the play. Make a list out what the character says, does, fails to say, fails to do, and what others say about that character that support your analysis of the character. Make lists or use whatever technique will help you begin to formulate and organize your ideas.

Essay Organization Suggestion: Give a brief plot summary in the introduction. Use body paragraphs to describe major personality features of the character. Include textual evidence that supports or demonstrates those features and follow up with commentary that expounds on the textual evidence and connects the features to the overall theme of the text. The conclusion should summarize the major points of the essay and make final commentary on the character’s impact on the plot or theme.

 

 

On page 21, in lines 1-38, I noticed the scene where King Cladius gives a speech celebrating his new marriage with the dead king’s wife and Hamlet’s mother. Do you think that King Cladius motives to marry the dead king’s widow was simply to take away the attention from the recent death? What is his motivation in marrying Gertrude?

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Hamlet questions

1.”Frailty, thy name is woman!” says Hamlet on page 29. What can we learn about Hamlet’s attitudes toward women, and how does this affect his character development throughout the play?

2.On page 67, after Hamlet speaks with the ghost, he says that from now on he “shall think meet To put an antic disposition on”, meaning he will begin to act unreasonably, have an unstable personality, and generally plan on portraying an insane image to seem like less of a threat (I.v.191-192). How might this antic disposition affect his relationships throughout the rest of the play, specifically with Ophelia, Claudius, Laertes, and Gertrude? How might it have a real effect on his mental health?

3.On pages 39-41, Act I, Scene iii, Laertes gives advice to his sister Ophelia about her relationship with Hamlet. How does the advice reflect the cultural/societal expectations of women during the time and how does it compare to now?

4.On page 49, we see Ophelia agree to her fathers demands for her to stop dating Hamlet. Is this obedience to her father honorable or should she have more independence to make a choice like that on her own?

5.In Act I, Scene v, King Hamlet tells Hamlet of his uncle’s betrayal. If Gertrude had a part in King Hamlet’s assassination, how will that discovery affect Hamlet? If Gertrude wasn’t involved, how will she react to learning Claudius killed King Hamlet?

6.On page 61, in lines 93-95. I noticed the quote where the ghost tells Hamlet to not hate or harm his mother, but to leave her with God and her own guilt. Why do you think the ghost doesn’t want to punish Queen Gertrude, despite the fact that she is committing what could be classified as incest and is possibly an adulter?

7.On page 18, and all through Act I, I noticed that Claudius is trying to get close to Hamlet. This may be so that Hamlet will not avenge the death of his father, but I wonder: why doesn’t Claudius just kill Hamlet? Claudius obviously has no problem killing people. Why walk around nervous the rest of his life, always looking over his shoulder, worried that Hamlet will kill him one day?

8.On page 21, in lines 1-38, I noticed the scene where King Cladius gives a speech celebrating his new marriage with the dead king’s wife and Hamlet’s mother. Do you think that King Cladius motives to marry the dead king’s widow was simply to take away the attention from the recent death? What is his motivation in marrying Gertrude?

 

Discuss the work you’ve chosen and the reviews of other scholarly professionals about the work. Discuss your personal thoughts on the work.

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James Joyce – Ulysses

You will submit a six page MLA formatted paper on the following:

Step 1. Read either a complete collection of stories or poems, or a full-length work by the author;

Step 2. Read a biography of the author; and Read reviews of the work by other scholars.(These can be found via the library’s databases)

Step 3. Begin your paper with an introduction about your author, the work you’ve chosen, and the overall opinion of the author’s approach to literature.

Step 4. Introduce the author through his/ her biography.

Step 5. Discuss the work you’ve chosen and the reviews of other scholarly professionals about the work.

Step 6. Discuss your personal thoughts on the work.

Step. 7. Conclude

Now that you have closely read the Beloved Novel by Toni Morrison, it is time for you to explain the central themes in the book in a formal literary analysis essay.

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Project: Literary Analysis Essay

Now that you have closely read the Beloved Novel by Toni Morrison, it is time for you to explain the central themes in the book in a formal literary analysis essay.
“Literary analysis essay” might seem daunting, but it simply means explaining key aspects of the novel in writing.

This project will require you to demonstrate that you can write a concise, focused argument about some aspect of the novel that you understand and find important or interesting.

Your essay should mainly focus on a theme in the text, but more a advanced essay can also focus on the author’s use of the following in order to convey that theme:
– Characters and characterization
– Plot
– Conflict/ drama
– Narrative structure
– Narrative point of view
– Symbolism
– Motif/ repetition
– Feminist theory/ lens

Identify the author’s thesis in your own words. Be sure to include a sentence that states the title and author of the secondary source.

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Week 10 Assignment

Goal: Demonstrate comprehension and evaluation of a secondary source essay.

Directions:

Choose one of the three critical essays (secondary sources) in this module:

  • Consigny, “Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants,'” or
  • Deneau, “Chopin’s ‘Story of an Hour,” or
  • Gruesser, “Walker’s ‘Everyday Use.”

Prepare to write: Read and understand the critical essay you choose.

Write: In a paragraph of about 200-250 words, paraphrase (=restate in your own words) the author’s (=Consigny, Deneau, or Gruesser’s) interpretation of the story he or she is writing about.

Identify the author’s thesis in your own words.
Be sure to include a sentence that states the title and author of the secondary source.
Based on your own understanding of the primary source the scholar is writing about (so either “Story of an Hour,” “Hills Like White Elephants,” or “Everyday Use”) state whether or not you agree with the author’s thesis and state why or why not (it is ok to use the pronoun “I” for this part).
If you quote directly from either the critical essay or the primary source be sure to put the quotation inside quotation marks.
Proof the paragraph for grammatical, spelling, and formatting errors.

Note that the title of a critical essay, like that of a short story or poem, should go inside quotation marks (follow the title as written above).

Style tip: Don’t *announce* which essay you have chosen: “I choose Deneau’s essay,” is not very informative; instead, begin the paragraph with a statement about the content of Deneau’s essay. This will show the reader that you are an intelligent, informed writer and thinker.

Cite: Include a Works Cited citation of your chosen secondary source (you can find this on the page for each reading).

Choose a subject that you know a little about and support what you already know with moderate research consisting of at least 3 sources.

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Informative Essay

Assignment: Choose a subject that you know a little about and support what you already know with moderate research consisting of at least 3 sources.

Demonstrate comprehension and evaluation of a secondary source essay. Identify the author’s thesis in your own words. Be sure to include a sentence that states the title and author of the secondary source.

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Week 10 Assignment

Goal: Demonstrate comprehension and evaluation of a secondary source essay.

Directions:

Choose one of the three critical essays (secondary sources) in this module:

  • Consigny, “Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants,'” or
  • Deneau, “Chopin’s ‘Story of an Hour,” or
  • Gruesser, “Walker’s ‘Everyday Use.”

Prepare to write: Read and understand the critical essay you choose.

Write: In a paragraph of about 200-250 words, paraphrase (=restate in your own words) the author’s (=Consigny, Deneau, or Gruesser’s) interpretation of the story he or she is writing about.

Identify the author’s thesis in your own words.
Be sure to include a sentence that states the title and author of the secondary source.
Based on your own understanding of the primary source the scholar is writing about (so either “Story of an Hour,” “Hills Like White Elephants,” or “Everyday Use”) state whether or not you agree with the author’s thesis and state why or why not (it is ok to use the pronoun “I” for this part).
If you quote directly from either the critical essay or the primary source be sure to put the quotation inside quotation marks.
Proof the paragraph for grammatical, spelling, and formatting errors.

Note that the title of a critical essay, like that of a short story or poem, should go inside quotation marks (follow the title as written above).

Style tip: Don’t *announce* which essay you have chosen: “I choose Deneau’s essay,” is not very informative; instead, begin the paragraph with a statement about the content of Deneau’s essay. This will show the reader that you are an intelligent, informed writer and thinker.

Cite: Include a Works Cited citation of your chosen secondary source (you can find this on the page for each reading).

Write an essay on what would make a school a better place.

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DARE Essay

Write an essay on what would make a school a better place.

Choose a film that contains most of the characteristics of a Medieval Romance. Locate evidence in the film that align with the characteristics of a Medieval Romance. Analyze how the chosen evidence represents the characteristics of a Medieval Romance.

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Timeless Medieval Romance

After fully understanding the Medieval Romance, students will brainstorm and then view a modern-day film that contains elements of a Medieval Romance. Then, students will examine the film and write an analysis essay as to why and how the chosen film falls into the category of a Medieval Romance. Assignments without two pieces of specific, cited evidence will not receive a passing grade.

Use the following guidelines to successfully complete the essay

Gain a full understanding of the characteristics of a Medieval Romance.
Choose a film that contains most of the characteristics of a Medieval Romance.
Locate evidence in the film that align with the characteristics of a Medieval Romance.
Analyze how the chosen evidence represents the characteristics of a Medieval Romance.
Be sure to name the film and the director in the introduction of the essay.