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: Write down questions you have about yesterday's reading of Act II.
B. Finish reading Act II.
C. Complete Act II graphic organizer.
D. Closing: Begin getting ready for Act II quiz.
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: Write down questions you have about yesterday's reading of Act II.
B. Finish reading Act II.
C. Complete Act II graphic organizer.
D. Closing: Begin getting ready for Act II quiz.