Category: Shakespeare

Discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole” what are the results of that deception (and how do those represent a moral or cautionary tale takeaway?

FRQ3 Essay

Choose a novel or play (Hamlet) 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.

Prompt Breakdown:
Topic: “a character who intentionally deceives others”
identify a character that lies to, or manipulates, others
Motivation & Conflict: “analyze the motives for that character’s deception”

How do they deceive others and why do they deceive others

Resolution & (optional) Theme: “discuss how the deception contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole”
what are the results of that deception (and how do those represent a moral or cautionary tale takeaway?)

Your essay should incorporate the following literary elements: motivation, conflict, resolution, and theme. In order to create a logical line of reasoning, reference details (events/actions) from the start, middle, and end of the text.

Identify and describe in detail at least ten specific examples of nonverbal messages and explain how the cue was used and the effect it had.

Victor Victoria NonVerbal Cues Project

https://archive.org/details/victo.-victoria-1982

After viewing the 1982 version of the movie “Victor Victoria” (with Julie Andrews and James Garner), write a 1 ½ to 2 page, double-spaced essay on the various types of the non-verbal cues used in the movie. Such cues may be used to establish any of the aspects of the story line, such as time, location, relationships, emotions, mood, etc. In addition, due to the subject of the movie, they may be used to establish and enhance the gender of the characters. Keep in mind that such gender-based cues may include subtle messages to make males seem more masculine, females more feminine. In this particular movie they may also be used to make a male seem feminine and a female seem masculine. Also remember that nonverbal cues can include gestures, facial expressions, body movements, body appearance, eye contact, the use of space, colors, touch, even the use of silence.

Identify and describe in detail at least ten specific examples of nonverbal messages and explain how the cue was used and the effect it had.

Does Hamlet love Ophelia?What textual evidence in the play supports your view? What evidence might support an opposing interpretation, and what is your response to such interpretations? Your response should consider:

Does Hamlet love Ophelia?

When Hamlet returns to Denmark in Act 5, his first public act is to attack Laertes and declare, “ loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love / Make up my sum” (5.1. 285-287). Do you believe Hamlet’s claim that he truly loved Ophelia or not?

What textual evidence in the play supports your view? What evidence might support an opposing interpretation, and what is your response to such interpretations? Your response should consider:

the context of the scene (5.1). Do you think Hamlet’s words and behavior here reflect true love and respect for Ophelia, or is he motivated by a selfish focus on his own image and his need to compete with Laertes?

Hamlet’s interactions with Ophelia in earlier sections of the play (especially in Act 3);

Other scenes and events that you see as relevant, such as his response to his murder of Polonius, and Ophelia’s madness and death.

What is Shakespeare telling us about his play and our lives through your chosen theme? What is he trying to tell his readers through it and his play?

Examine an idea or theme, which runs throughout the text of Hamlet and relates to the class focus on gender.

Analyze moments when your chosen idea appears and consider the idea’s importance to the work as a whole.

What is Shakespeare telling us about his play and our lives through your chosen theme? What is he trying to tell his readers through it and his play?

 

How would the play have been different if Holinshed’s Macbeth replaced Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

Answer these questions:

Whose depiction of Macbeth—Shakespeare’s or Holinshed’s—is more interesting or compelling from a reader’s standpoint? Why?
Was Shakespeare wise to change Macbeth in the ways he did? Why or why not?

How would the play have been different if Holinshed’s Macbeth replaced Shakespeare’s Macbeth?