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: Answer the following question in regards to Heart of Darkness.
One of the obvious decisions Conrad has made in this story is to keep people, places, and events as anonymous and ambiguous as possible. Most places and characters in the story are unnamed, and the few who are named are given only one name. What effect does this have on the story and what effect does it have on the reader?
B. Get into Heart of Darkness literature circles.
1. Read notes given to you about the themes, etc. Discuss what you have read by creating a graphic organizer about the information.
2. Begin working on Section III questions.
These should be completed by tomorrow.
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: Answer the following question in regards to Heart of Darkness.
One of the obvious decisions Conrad has made in this story is to keep people, places, and events as anonymous and ambiguous as possible. Most places and characters in the story are unnamed, and the few who are named are given only one name. What effect does this have on the story and what effect does it have on the reader?
B. Get into Heart of Darkness literature circles.
1. Read notes given to you about the themes, etc. Discuss what you have read by creating a graphic organizer about the information.
2. Begin working on Section III questions.
These should be completed by tomorrow.