For our second essay of the course, answer the question: who is responsible for Desdemona’s death? You have many characters to pick from including Desdemona herself. It is important that you pick one character and present a strong argument for why that character is at fault. I am uploading a file called Literary Argument Planning Guide. This will help you with the organization of your essay. Also, refer once again to the literary analysis thesis statements document. A strong thesis statement is a vital component of a successful essay. Your focus for this essay should be a strong thesis, a topic sentence for each body paragraph that identifies the assertion/main idea (without saying “This is the main idea.”), embedded and cited evidence (whether direct or indirect) which supports the assertion, and commentary that answers the so what? question (Why is this important? Why should we care?).
