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: Compare and contrast Hamlet, the movie, with Hamlet, the play.
B. Conduct peer revisions of research papers.
Note: The second draft is due Tuesday, March 18th. It must be typed. I will be reading for content, not for format.
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: Compare and contrast Hamlet, the movie, with Hamlet, the play.
B. Conduct peer revisions of research papers.
Note: The second draft is due Tuesday, March 18th. It must be typed. I will be reading for content, not for format.