Essay Prompts

William Shakespeare wrote plays that covered the breadth of human experience, which seem to have transcended the restraints of age because they contain universal themes. His body of his work is comprised of genres of plays, which varied from tragedies to comedies. Of them, Hamlet and Twelfth Night are

TOPIC: Many plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Choose a novel or play that contrasts two such places. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.

English Draft – Much Ado About Nothing By Amanda Dodds ‘Shakespeare wrote his play in accordance with the conventions of an easily identifiable genre – history, comedy or tragedy.’ For centuries, William Shakespeare has been a beacon of storytelling genius. He has the ability to tell timeless stories that can be classified within

Chapter 4: Now Where Have I Seen Her Before? This chapter states that there is no such thing as a truly original work of literature; books are always based off of works before them. This further develops into the idea that there is only one story,

AP LITERATURE OPEN RESPONSE QUESTIONS 2011: In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” Choose a character from a novel or play who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the work as a whole. 2010: Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said has written that “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its

The Bean Tree   Write a composition based on the novel you have studied discussing the basis for and impact of individual choices. What idea does the author develop regarding choices?

1980. A recurring theme in literature is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive may conflict with moral duty. Choose a literary work in which a character confronts the demands of a private passion that conflicts with his or her responsibilities. In a well-written essay show clearly the nature of the conflict, its effects upon the character, and its significance to the work.

However, More’s written history has particular outrageous statements such as ‘they that thus deem’. ‘as the fame runs’. His work is a literary exercise in the dramatic representation of villainy. In More’s history, he emphasizes negative image of Richard that he

To begin with, in this play the author unfolds family conflicts that involve its characters into a series of events that affected their lives and pushed them to unexpected ways.

The two plays that I chose to read are, Death of a Salesman and Fences. While reading these two plays and examining the father and son from both stories, I found a special connection with both of them with personal life experiences and stories. While comparing and contrasting these characters, I discovered great insight through other peoples life experiences with failure and success. Although Death of a Salesman is a more tragic story and Fences is more of a coming of age story, the relationships between the characters are similar.

Brainstorming Culminating Prompt Have you ever wondered about what is going x your future and that your choices have consequences that can be good or bad. The choices reflect and let me tell you some stories about the choices. In the book contender, it was a person named Alfred and he chose to box for a living and his life had turned around he wasn’t living in poverty , or dealing drugs. He has a better life and now he has a better life.

The Catcher In The Rye Essay Prompt: Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.

Dante Zambataro 11/14/16 Contemporary Authors/Dramatic Literature Period 2A Peace Like a River Final Draft Essay In Leif Enger’s “Peace Like a River,” the most important scene/symbol in the entire novel is the opening scene with Reuben being born and his lungs are all messed up from the start. Throughout the entire novel his lungs are brought up again and again. Reuben has asthma and breathing is a real struggle for him and if there’s anything he’d ever want in his life is a good, it’s a sufficient pair of lungs that won’t fail him. He essentially has no lungs to begin with, and it would be a miracle for him to get that precious pair of working lungs.

The second oldest form of literature after poetry is drama. Dramas have changed a lot over the years. They use to plays that were wrote to be performed in the theater, and now they are mostly written to be performed in a movie or a television show. There are many dramas today that most people would not considered to be drama. Before reading the information in our text book, I thought drama was basically just a story or movie between people who had problems with each other; but that’s not completely true. Dramas can basically be anything that has a hero or dialogue to a certain extent. For this paper, I choose to write about the drama in the movie The Hunger Games. This movie is not just only drama, it is also adventure and sci-fi movie.

In our lives, we are surrounded by moments of tragedy that drives our will to keep moving forward. Our daily lifestyles are no different from the famous stories that playwrights have written throughout history. Playwrights are masters at combining theatre elements of tragedy, religion, violence, and numerous relative elements that the audience embrace faithfully. Today, Greek and Roman influence is the main topic since they have inspired the famous plays Desire under the Elms and The Glass Menagerie.