The Descent into Madness:
A Comprehensive Examination of The Tragic Hero
Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Continue reading Act IV of Hamlet.
Note: Make sure you turn in prose and verse handout, Arthur Miller's essay, and Act III style handout.
Note to Mrs. Bailey: Pass out "The Gangster as Tragic Hero." Annotate with connections to both Heart of Darkness and Hamlet.
A Comprehensive Examination of The Tragic Hero
Focus Texts: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Arthur Miller’s “Tragedy and the Common Man,” and Robert Warshow’s “The Gangster as Tragic Hero”
Continue reading Act IV of Hamlet.
Note: Make sure you turn in prose and verse handout, Arthur Miller's essay, and Act III style handout.
Note to Mrs. Bailey: Pass out "The Gangster as Tragic Hero." Annotate with connections to both Heart of Darkness and Hamlet.