Write an 800 word typed essay on one of the following topics. This essay must be logically organized, grammatically correct, clearly and precisely worded, and sufficiently supported with quotations and/or details from the work. It should also provide a comprehensive analysis of the issue in question, and any literary analysis should eventually lead to an explanation of the theme of the work. Make a claim about the play and support it with specific details. Your essay does not have to answer all of the questions listed with the topic nor does it have to be structured by them. The questions are there to prompt your thought processes about the plays.
Your essay must be in standard essay format and based on your own ideas; research is not necessary. If you do use material from secondary sources, then you must use MLA format for your citations. Be sure to double space your essays, number your pages, use 12 font, include your name, my name, the class, the essay number, and the date in the top, left corner of the first page as outlined by MLA and center the title above the beginning of the essay.
If you would like to write on a topic other than those provided, you may do so, but you must have the instructor’s approval.
1. What do you think the play Sure Things suggests about modern relationships? Romantic relationships? Dating? Love? Remember that your essay needs to focus on dissecting and analyzing the play itself and examining what it is exploring and indicating about relationships. This is not an essay in which you should spend a lot of time on your view of relationships. Rather explain what this dramatic work is revealing about relationships and use details and quotes from the text to support your analysis and interpretation.
2. Discuss how Oedipus is a dynamic character. How does he change, what does he learn and what do the readers learn from his discovery about himself?
3. Discuss the function of the chorus in Oedipus.
4. Discuss the importance of Tiresias in the play.
