Identify and describe in detail at least ten specific examples of nonverbal messages and explain how the cue was used and the effect it had.

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Victor Victoria NonVerbal Cues Project

After viewing the 1982 version of the movie “Victor Victoria” (with Julie Andrews and James Garner), write a 1 ½ to 2 page, double-spaced essay on the various types of the non-verbal cues used in the movie. Such cues may be used to establish any of the aspects of the story line, such as time, location, relationships, emotions, mood, etc. In addition, due to the subject of the movie, they may be used to establish and enhance the gender of the characters. Keep in mind that such gender-based cues may include subtle messages to make males seem more masculine, females more feminine. In this particular movie they may also be used to make a male seem feminine and a female seem masculine. Also remember that nonverbal cues can include gestures, facial expressions, body movements, body appearance, eye contact, the use of space, colors, touch, even the use of silence. Identify and describe in detail at least ten specific examples of nonverbal messages and explain how the cue was used and the effect it had.

Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.

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ASSIGNMENT II:
CRITICAL / ANALYTICAL RESPONSE TO LITERARY TEXTS
Suggested time: approximately 1½ to 2 hours
Do not use the texts provided in this booklet for the Critical/Analytical Response to
Literary Texts Assignment. Choose from short stories, novels, plays, screenplays, poetry, films, or other literary texts that you have studied in English Language Arts 30–1. When considering the works that you have studied, choose a literary text (or texts) that is meaningful to you and relevant to the following assignment.

The Assignment
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.

In your planning and writing, consider the following instructions.
• Carefully consider your controlling idea and how you will create a strong unifying effect in your response.
• As you develop your ideas, support them with appropriate, relevant, and meaningful examples from your choice of literary text(s).

Assignment II: Critical / Analytical Response to Literary Texts
Initial Planning
You may use this space for your initial planning. This information assists markers in
identifying the text you have chosen to support your ideas. The markers who read your
composition will be very familiar with the literary text you have chosen.
Literary Text and
Text Creator
Note: Write the title of your chosen literary text on the back cover of this examination
booklet.
Personal Reflection on Choice of Literary Text

Briefly explore your reasons for selecting the literary text as support for your response.
Markers will consider the information you provide here when considering the effectiveness of your supporting evidence.

Do you believe Hamlet’s claim that he truly loved Ophelia or not? What textual evidence in the play supports your view? What evidence might support an opposing interpretation, and what is your response to such interpretations?

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Does Hamlet love Ophelia?

When Hamlet returns to Denmark in Act 5, his first public act is to attack Laertes and declare, “I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love / Make up my sum” (5.1. 285-287). Do you believe Hamlet’s claim that he truly loved Ophelia or not? What textual evidence in the play supports your view? What evidence might support an opposing interpretation, and what is your response to such interpretations? Your response should consider:
• the context of the scene (5.1). Do you think Hamlet’s words and behavior here reflect true love and respect for Ophelia, or is he motivated by a selfish focus on his own image and his need to compete with Laertes?
• Hamlet’s interactions with Ophelia in earlier sections of the play (especially in Act 3);
• other scenes and events that you see as relevant, such as his response to his murder of Polonius, and Ophelia’s madness and death.

Carefully consider your controlling idea and how you will create a strong unifying effect in your response. As you develop your ideas, support them with appropriate, relevant, and meaningful examples from your choice of literary text(s).

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The Assignment
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.
In your planning and writing, consider the following instructions.
• Carefully consider your controlling idea and how you will create a strong unifying effect in your response.
• As you develop your ideas, support them with appropriate, relevant, and meaningful examples from your choice of literary text(s).

Assignment II: Critical / Analytical Response to Literary Texts
You may use this space for your initial planning. This information assists markers in identifying the text you have chosen to support your ideas. The markers who read your composition will be very familiar with the literary text you have chosen.
Note: Write the title of your chosen literary text on the back cover of this examination booklet.
Briefly explore your reasons for selecting the literary text as support for your response.
Markers will consider the information you provide here when considering the effectiveness of your supporting evidence.

What is Shakespeare telling us about his play and our lives through your chosen theme? What is he trying to tell his readers through it and his play?

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Shakespeare play

Your essay will examine an idea or theme, which runs throughout the text of Hamlet and relates to the class focus on gender.
Ideally, you can build upon work from your last homework (but, if you need to refocus, then that’s fine, too!).
You will closely analyze moments when your chosen idea appears and consider the idea’s importance to the work as a whole. Your statement will make an argument about the significance of your idea or theme to the play overall and/or its audience.
Answering these questions will help develop your ideas: What is Shakespeare telling us about his play and our lives through your chosen theme? What is he trying to tell his readers through it and his play?
A good thesis is arguable, supportable, interesting, and organized. Your essay must do more than summarize the play. It should also have evidence that you have read the play carefully.

How would the play have been different if Holinshed’s Macbeth replaced Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

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Answer these questions:
Whose depiction of Macbeth—Shakespeare’s or Holinshed’s—is more interesting or compelling from a reader’s standpoint? Why?

Was Shakespeare wise to change Macbeth in the ways he did? Why or why not?

How would the play have been different if Holinshed’s Macbeth replaced Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

Shakespeare “As You Like It”: What is the relevance of this play to humanity today?

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Shakespeare “As You Like It”

Analytical Paper – 3 full pages

Paper is to include

  • What is the relevance of this play to humanity today?
  • Is the play important for people to read today?
  • Are the themes or motifs that are universal?
  • Are there characters who behave similar to how people do today?
  • Are there ideas to be learned from reading it, which would be important for someone today to know

Formatting

  • MLA Formatting (in-text citations, work cited page and title page
  • New Times Romans size 12
  • One inch margins all around