Tuesday, April 24, 2012

IN CLASS ESSAY TOPIC DEATH OF A SALESMAN

**pushed back until Thursday, MAY 3


CHOOSE ONE

WRITE A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS. THIS WILL BE AN OPEN TEXTBOOK ESSAY AND SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE QUOTES FROM THE PLAY. IT MUST BE FIVE PARAGRAPHS AND HAVE THREE QUOTES IN ORDER TO GET AT LEAST AN 80. YOU WILL HAVE 50 MINUTES IN CLASS TUESDAY.

1. Create an original thesis on the setting of the play. Describe the play's setting. Consider it from all angles: time, place, as well as feeling. What is the role of place in this play? What is the role of time in this play? How does setting effect the characters? How do the characters effect the setting?


2. CHOOSE THREE SYMBOLS FROM THE PLAY AND WRITE AN ESSAY WITH A THESIS ABOUT WHAT THE SYMBOLS REPRESENT, WHY THE AUTHOR USED THEM, HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PLAY (E.G. WHAT LASTING MEMORIES DO THE SYMBOLS GIVE THE AUDIENCE).

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