Friday, March 2, 2018

Due Friday, March 9th - The Importance of Composing an Essay

Directions:  Compose an essay using the following prompt and the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.  First, compose the essay as if you are in a 40 minute testing situation and see how you do.  Then, use the text and compose a refined essay to the best of your ability.  Post both in the same document to Turnitin.com.  Make sure each is labeled.


Prompt

Q3 for 2016.  Many works of literature contain a character who intentionally deceives others. The character’s dishonesty may be intended either to help or to hurt. Such a character, for example, may choose to mislead others for personal safety, to spare someone’s feelings, or to carry out a crime. Choose a novel or play in which a character deceives others. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the motives for that character’s deception and discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.



The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 

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Introduction to Shakespeare


First Performed
Plays
First Printed
1590-91
Henry VI, Part I (H)
1594?
1590-91
Henry VI, Part II (H)
1594?
1591-92
Henry VI, Part III (H)
1623
1592-93
Richard III (T)
1597
1592-93
Comedy of Errors (C)
1623
1593-94
Titus Andronicus (T)
1594
1593-94
Taming of the Shrew (C)
1623
1594-95
Two Gentlemen of Verona (C)
1623
1594-95
Love's Labour's Lost (C)
1598?
1594-95
Romeo and Juliet (T)
1597
1595-96
Richard II (T)
1597
1595-96
A Midsummer Night's Dream (C)
1600
1596-97
King John (H)
1623
1596-97
The Merchant of Venice (C)
1600
1597-98
Henry IV, Part I (H)
1598
1597-98
Henry IV, Part II (H)
1600
1598-99
Much Ado About Nothing (C)
1600
1598-99
Henry V (H)
1600
1599-1600
Julius Caesar (T)
1623
1599-1600
As You Like It (C)
1623
1599-1600
Twelfth Night (C)
1623
1600-01
Hamlet (T)
1603
1600-01
The Merry Wives of Windsor (C)
1602
1601-02
Troilus and Cressida (P)
1609
1602-03
All's Well That Ends Well (P)
1623
1604-05
Measure for Measure (P)
1623
1604-05
Othello (T)
1622
1605-06
King Lear (T)
1608
1605-06
Macbeth (T)
1623
1606-07
Antony and Cleopatra (T)
1623
1607-08
Coriolanus (T)
1623
1607-08
Timon of Athens (T)
1623
1608-09
Pericles (R)
1609
1609-10
Cymbeline (T)
1623
1610-11
The Winter's Tale (R)
1623
1611-12
The Tempest (R)
1623
1612-13
Henry VIII (H)
1623
1612-13
The Two Noble Kinsmen* (C)
1634



This chart shows samples of the changes in English. 
#1 is Old English or Anglo-Saxon (circa 450-1066 CE). 
#2 is Middle English (circa 1066-1450 AD). 
#3 is Modern English from about the time of Shakespeare. 
#4 is another sample of Modern English, but it is more recent than #3.





Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

Saturninus, son to the late Emperor of Rome, [afterwards declared Emperor]

Bassianus, brother to Saturninus, in love with Lavinia

Titus Andronicus, a Roman, general against the Goths

Marcus Andronicus, tribune of the people, and brother to Titus

Lucius, Quintus, Martius, Mutius, sons to Titus Andronicus

Lavinia, daughter to Titus Andronicus

Young Lucius, a boy, son to Lucius

Tamora, queen of the Goths

Alarbus, Demetrius, Chiron, sons to Tamora

Aaron, a Moor, beloved by Tamora
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