don't get the heading? google it. :-)
Anyway, aside from subject heading inanity, here we go today:
Jrs: We finished discussing the Antigones today, which leaves you with an essay to write. We have not really had a major analytical essay in awhile (since Asher) so it's time, I think, but (as I noted in class) I am loath to double book you this week, and the ESC paper draft is already due in the next three days. Still, we should do this. So...
The due date will be Thursday, March 31 via email unless an alternative is cleared with me before break.
The assignment:
Write a 2-3 page analytical essay in which you compare and contrast the two versions of the Antigone play that we have read and discussed. Choose as a focus one specific element of the plays: a thematic element, a stylistic one, a characteristic one, etc. For example, you might choose to compare the characterizations of the sentries in Sophocles to the guards in Anouilh. Or you might discuss the role of the Chorus. Or the feminist aspect of the play. Or whether Antigone could be seen as a tragic hero in either or both. Support your arguments with quotations from each play.
For the remainder of the week, after a brief discussion of Shakespeare and Othello, we will spend in-class time on the ESC essays.
Sophs: We'll watch the rest of the DOAS scenes tomorrow and then talk a bit about Catcher. For the rest of the week, I will likely be giving you workshop time. Your "book" and second part of the individual project are due before break.
Drama: Tomorrow there will be rehearsal, Thursday performance, of the group scenes. Friday will likely be improv.
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