Research essay are due this Friday.  Get your essay in early for MLA check.

Act 1, Scene 2

Shakespeare used the soliloquy to great effect in order to express some of the 
personal thoughts and emotions of characters

1.  Translate Edmund's soliloquy (lines 1 - 22).  Rewrite it in one of the following 
voices:

a.  a Miramichier

b.  a gangsta rapper (radio friendly edit)

c.  a hippy

d.  a cowboy

Maintain the ideas of Edmund, but use language and diction which fits the voice you 
have selected.

2.  Discuss the following lines:

 25-26    31-36    39    63-65    71-74    75-76   90-92    103-104    118-133   135-136

163    176-181

3.  Why does Shakespeare include the parallel plots?  Why does he want to repeat 
the same idea?

NOTE:  Questions 1 is due Monday

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Things Fall Apart Personal Essay

Things Fall Apart is a novel that deals with a number of important themes and motifs.  One aspect of Igbo culture that one reads about is the different roles for males and females; these roles are very clearly defined. 

How would you define the roles of males and females in 2019?  Define what it means to be a man. Define what it means to be a woman.  These should be your own definitions of gender and gender roles. Be specific.

Your essay is to be 3 pages + work cited page (must have Achebe’s novel on it).  Double spaced. Font 12. Times New Roman.  Follow MLA format.   Plagiarism will result in a mark of zero. 

Value: 100

Due:  April 2, 2019  (pass your typed essay in by Friday March 29th if you want it checked for MLA format)

If you missed your test today on Acts I-III, you will write it tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 27th) at lunch.

First draft of your eathquake piece is due tomorrow.  We will be having a writing workshop to edit, revise, and improve our pieces.