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: Shakespeare biography assignment and Hamlet anticipation guide
B. Class discussion of the unit's essential questions and theme
C. Aristotle's definition of a Tragedy (Reciprocal Teaching Activity)
D. Closing: Begin presentations.
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: Shakespeare biography assignment and Hamlet anticipation guide
B. Class discussion of the unit's essential questions and theme
C. Aristotle's definition of a Tragedy (Reciprocal Teaching Activity)
D. Closing: Begin presentations.