Essay 3 on Plays
Shakepeare’s Othello
Thematic Analysis
Discussion Question:( need to be answer on sepertae doc before 21 apr) What more do we learn about the nature of Iago in act 2? What is the effect of having him share his thoughts and plans with us through his soliloquies?
Please write in standard English with correct grammar. Your response needs to prove to me that you have read and comprehended the text.
Essay on play
shakepeare othello
thematic analysis
Assignment: Write a literary analysis on the theme of appearance vs. reality in Shakespeare’s Othello. You must use literary devices from the text as evidence, including allusions and symbols, or any others covered in your textbook. Think about what deeper meaning you can extract from the text, what it says about the human experience in literature, and why it matters. Use keywords. You must use quotes from the text to support your thesis. This is an essay in which you need to make an argument about the literature in a solid thesis statement and carry it through the rest of the paper with body paragraphs to support your argument and a conclusion.
YOU MAY NOT USE THE PRONOUNS “I” OR “WE.”
YOU MUST HAVE A THESIS, AN ARGUMENT.
YOUR PAPER SHOULD NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN 25% QUOTED MATERIAL. THAT MEANS THAT YOUR TURNITIN SCORE SHOULD BE 25% OR LESS. PAPERS WITH MORE THAN 25% WILL BE GIVEN 0/F.
No research for this paper.
Length: Word Count: 650-900
Format: Please single space your paper, use 11 or 12 pt. font in a Sans Serif typeface (Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Tw Cen MT, etc.), use line breaks rather than indentation to separate paragraphs. (Microsoft Word automatically uses this format for you.) Cite quotations and references using MLA citation format, format your heading and page numbers in MLA Style, include an MLA Works Cited page. Use only one space after periods. Margins should be 1in. Use footnotes rather than end notes. Double space between the title and the first line of the text. Follow MLA guidelines except for what I have noted to be different.
MLA Format Guide: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_general_format.html
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Title of Essay
1. Introduction
o Text Summary
§ One to three sentences to introduce and summarize the text
o Thesis and Implications
§ Introduce thesis
§ State argument
§ Implication of the reading (subclaim)
2. Body of the Essay (Ideas & Substance)
o Claim
§ Evidence
§ Textual analysis
o Claim
§ Evidence
§ Textual Analysis: what does it mean?
o Claim
§ Evidence
§ Textual Analysis: what does it mean?
o Implications of Your Reading
§ Why does your idea matter and what insight does your reading provide into the critical conversation.
§ How does it change the meaning of the text?
3. Conclusion
o Restate key parts of argument (keywords)
o Something clever and creative to wrap it up
