Your paper assignments for this class are to write a total of 3 Critical Analysis papers built on the work that you have done in your Workshops for the readings assigned on the Class Syllabus, a drama essay for one of the plays, then a short story essay, followed by a poetry essay

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Your paper assignments for this class are to write a total of 3 Critical Analysis papers built on the work that you have done in your Workshops for the readings assigned on the Class Syllabus, a drama essay for one of the plays, then a short story essay, followed by a poetry essay. You will use the following guidelines for each paper. Go to the Workshop based on the work that you have chosen to write a paper about and re-read your work for the Paraphrase, Observe, Contextualize, Analyze, Argue, and Reflect steps. The Argue step is especially important because the paragraph you wrote for that will provide the main thesis of your paper, the central claim you are arguing for. Remember, you are to write a critical analysis, not just re-present the workshop. The workshop is a jumping off point to help lead you to an argument for your paper. Though it is built on the work that you have done in the workshop, it is not a mere re-writing of each of those steps. The workshop provides a model for the thinking process you should go through before writing your own paper. The Argue step is meant to help provide the main thesis of your paper, the central claim you are arguing for, but the essay need not be limited to the passage the workshop gives you. You can choose a passage of your own to analyze. Regardless, the essay should reflect a full reading of the story, even if you do choose to focus on just one passage. Support that thesis by presenting the evidence you gathered in all of the steps in the Workshop. Your essay should quote the text for support, as well as quoting at least one scholarly source other than your text. Make sure that your source is appropriate (scholarly, authoritative, not common knowledge) for a college level paper. All of your sources should be cited inside your text and listed on a Works Cited Page (included with your essay as your essay’s last page.) The entire paper, including citations and sources should follow MLA formatting guidelines. The essay must be no less than 5 and no more than 8 well-developed paragraphs (at least five sentences each) long. Avoid mere summary. The paper is meant to be an analysis that supports a central thesis argument, which is an engaging idea about the text and needs support. Write in the present tense whenever possible; the text is fictional, and its fictional qualities should be made apparent by your analysis (look up “Literary Present Tense” for more information about this). Use MLA format. Be sure to use specific, ample references from the text to support your points. Cite all quotations and references in proper MLA style and include a Work Cited page as the final page of your paper (look up MLA for more information – OWLPurdue is a good online source). Write in complete sentences and use proper punctuation. You may use a spell-checker. Type your essay on a computer using 12 point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced. Your essay should be appropriately titled, the title centered and properly capitalized at the top of the first page. Include: Your Name Instructor Name Course/Section Date at the top left corner of the page. More Specific Instructions for Writing a Paper on Hamlet Read the General Paper Guidelines Before Reading These. First of all, do not write a paper on the same passage that you analyzed in your workshop! Remember, you are not just to re-present the workshop. The workshop provides a model for the thinking process you should go through before writing your own paper. I would like you to 1) choose a different passage (suggestions below), 2) treat it as you did the passage in the workshop first (note: this is preparation for your paper, not the paper itself!), and 3) write a paper around the argument that you come up with in your new “Argue” step. The Argue step is meant to help provide the main thesis of your paper, the central claim you are arguing. Remember, although you are arguing for the interpretation of just one passage, there should be no question in my mind that you have read the whole play. Review the general guidelines about other requirements for the paper, such as, not only using quotes from the play for support, but also quoting at least one scholarly source other than your text. What does “scholarly” mean? You should draw on what you learned in English 101 to determine this, but a brief, and limited review of what sources not to use in a college level paper that is meant to be scholarly include common knowledge sources such as dictionaries and encyclopedias (you can assume that an intelligent reader knows the basic meanings of things and common facts), most .com sources including student aids such as schmoop.com, SparkNotes, and Cliffs Notes, biography.com, quotes.com, and so on. These sources are too general, offer information that should be commonly known instead of scholarly arguments, and are often dubious in their authority or credibility. Where can you find scholarly sources then? The TTC Databases are a great place to find scholarly essays presenting arguments on the works that we are reading, and you can access them online. Again, you can draw on what you should have learned in your Library orientation in English 101. If you need a refresher or help, contact the TTC library online at https://www.tridenttech.edu/student/resources/library/index.htm or reach out to the Writing Center. · The Writing Center has its own web page. Students and instructors can access an excellent set of links to aid in helping students write various types of assignments. https://www.tridenttech.edu/student/resources/st_WritingCenter.htm Final Note: remember that, according to MLA citation rules, we cite plays according to Act, Scene, and line, rather than page #. Review all MLA rules at Purdue OWL here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/ml a_formatting_and_style_guide.html See next page for suggestions of passages in Hamlet to possibly write about. Suggestions of passages to write about in Hamlet: Act I, Scene 2, ll. 64 - 86: Hamlet's introduction and the following conversation with Claudius and Gertrude. It begins with "But now, my cousin Hamlet," and ends with, "These but the trappings and suits of woe." Act I, Scene 2, ll. 129 - 159: Hamlet's first soliloquy. It begins "O, that this too solid flesh" and ends with "for I must hold my tongue." Act I, Scene 4, ll. 1 - 38: This transitional passage is an important description of the literary "tragic hero" (which is not the same as a heroic person who dies tragically, so look it up!). It begins, "The air bites shrewdly" and ends, "To his own scandal." Act II, Scene 2, ll. 288 - 312: This is the first of Hamlet's efforts to define what humanity is. It begins "My Lord, we were sent for" and ends, coming to offer you service." Act III, Scene 1, ll. 56 - 88a: This is the famous suicide soliloquy that begins, "To be or not to be" and ends, "And lose the name of action." Act III, Scene 1, ll. 88b - 140: Hamlet's "break-up" with Ophelia. He makes some comments about women that could lend to some good arguments. It begins right where the soliloquy leaves of with "Soft you now" and ends, "Farewell." Act III, Scene 2, ll. 1 - 42: This is Hamlet's advice to the players, which may contain Shakespeare's own idea of what plays are for. It begins, "Speak the speech, I pray you" and ends, "Go, make you ready." (Notice that it is in prose, rather than poetry.) Act IV, Scene 5, ll. 32 - 66: This is the second of Hamlet's efforts to define humanity. It begins, "How all Occasions do inform against me" and ends with the end of the Scene. Act IV, Scene 7, ll. 164 - 195: This is the description of Ophelia's death, and it is not only sad and beautiful, it raises some good questions for an essay. It begins "One woe doth tread upon another's heel" and ends "Therefore let's follow." Act V, Scene 1, ll. 171 - 196: This is the famous scene with the skull so emblematic of the play and its meditations on mortality. It begins, "Alas, poor Yorick!" and ends, "Should patch a wall t'expel the winter's flaw!" Act V, Scene 2, ll. 195 - 209 and ll. 293 -350: These two passages go well together; the first is before the sword fight and the second is just after, as Hamlet is dying. The first begins, "You will lose this wager, my lord" and ends "Let be." The second begins, "Look to the queen there, ho!" and ends, "And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!" There are many more passages that would make great essays! Hamlet's plan to "catch the conscience of the king with a play within a play for instance, and Hamlet's conversation with his mother containing the line "hoist with his own petard" which became a cliché, believe it or not! If you would rather write about one of these, you may. Just remember discussions of any of these passages should reflect a familiarity with the whole play.