Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Discuss the essential questions. Use the organizers as a beginning of your discussion.
B. Discuss and distribute the take-home essay test over the unit.
Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
A. Discuss the essential questions. Use the organizers as a beginning of your discussion.
B. Discuss and distribute the take-home essay test over the unit.