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Assignment:
To Be Or Not To Be" In "The Belly Of The Whale"; A Reading Of...
To Be Or Not To Be" In "The Belly Of The Whale"; A Reading Of Joseph Campbell's "Modern Hero" Hypothesis In Hamlet On Film."
1) What was your author's thesis? Explain the thesis (use evidence from the text - quotes - to support your opinions).
2) Did the author provide convincing evidence to support their thesis? If yes, then provide an example and explain why it was convincing. If no, then provide an example and explain why it wasn't convincing.
3) Using one example, identify how the author used a direct quotation:
- Is the quotation from a primary or secondary source? Explain your answer.
- Is the quotation used to illustrate a point, provide clarification, or just to identify a part of the play? Explain your answer.
- Does the author use an entire sentence or just part of the sentence? What effect does this have? How does this support the author's overall thesis/argument?
- How do the parenthetical citations for Hamlet differ from those of the secondary sources?
4) Was there anything confusing in the essay that you feel you would need additional information to understand? If so, what? If not, why do you feel the author's ideas and arguments were easy to understand? What helped make them clear and easy to follow?
5) Identify at least two key ideas or terms from either archetypal or feminist literary criticism your author used. Give a brief explanation of these ideas/terms as well as a brief explanation as to how these ideas/terms relate to the author's thesis.
6) After reading your chosen essay, what did this particular perspective add to your understanding of Hamlet?
7) Did you notice anything about the way in which this essay was written that seems to contradict essay "rules" you have been taught in the past? Explain your answer.