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: Review Hamlet (videos, Hamlet Basics and Hamlet Themes).
B. In groups of 3 or 4, complete Evaluating an Argument Graphic Organizer as a way to process the information in Robert Warshow's "The Gangster as Tragic Hero."
C. Closing: Homework
Examine all of the focus texts as outlined in the essential questions.
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: Review Hamlet (videos, Hamlet Basics and Hamlet Themes).
B. In groups of 3 or 4, complete Evaluating an Argument Graphic Organizer as a way to process the information in Robert Warshow's "The Gangster as Tragic Hero."
C. Closing: Homework
Examine all of the focus texts as outlined in the essential questions.