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. Opening Assignment: Quiz over Act I
Turn in graphic organizer for Act I.
B. Read Act II
C. Closing: Discuss what we have read of Act II thus far.
Note: Tomorrow we will discuss the outline for the research paper.
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. Opening Assignment: Quiz over Act I
Turn in graphic organizer for Act I.
B. Read Act II
C. Closing: Discuss what we have read of Act II thus far.
Note: Tomorrow we will discuss the outline for the research paper.