Essential Questions:
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Read "The Gangster as Tragic Hero." Be ready to discuss this and its relationship to Hamlet and Heart of Darkness.
2. Read "Tragedy and the Common Man." Complete the questions for this selection and be ready to discuss its relationship to Hamlet and Heart of Darkness.
3. Tragic Hero Connections Graphic Organizer
4. Discussion of works in response to the unit's theme
5. Closing: Discuss test over Hamlet.
How do multiple authors examine the Aristotelian tragic hero?
How does an “anti-hero” descend into madness as exemplified in various genres?
Learning Targets/Standards:
I can read dramatic literature and analyze its conventions to identify how they express a writer’s meaning.
1. Read "The Gangster as Tragic Hero." Be ready to discuss this and its relationship to Hamlet and Heart of Darkness.
2. Read "Tragedy and the Common Man." Complete the questions for this selection and be ready to discuss its relationship to Hamlet and Heart of Darkness.
3. Tragic Hero Connections Graphic Organizer
4. Discussion of works in response to the unit's theme
5. Closing: Discuss test over Hamlet.
warshow-gangster_copy.pdf |
tragedy-and-the-common-man.doc |