What This Assignment Is NOT: The assignment is not a plot summary of the literary work (a paraphrase of what happens or an explanation of what the text “is about”). Your paper will earn no more than 65% if you write a plot summary. This assignment is not a historical paper. You can refer to […]

Here are some themes found in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Love Hate Faith Family Fate/Destiny Youth Pick one theme to write about and use textual evidence from the play to show what literary devices are used to demonstrate the theme in the play. Please pick only ONE theme and ONE literary device. You will be […]

What This Assignment Is NOT: The assignment is not a plot summary of the literary work (a paraphrase of what happens or an explanation of what the text “is about”). Your paper will earn no more than 65% if you write a plot summary. This assignment is not a historical paper. You can refer to […]

Here are some themes found in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: Love Hate Faith Family Fate/Destiny Youth Pick one theme to write about and use textual evidence from the play to show what literary devices are used to demonstrate the theme in the play. Please pick only ONE theme and ONE literary device. You will be […]

Note the characterization of King Henry. In the earlier Henry the Fourth plays by Shakespeare, Henry was the fun-loving prince Hal, who hung out with “low-life” characters (Falstaff, Bardolph, Mistress Quickly, etc.), and seemed unlikely to develop into a responsible ruler (remember the flashbacks in the 1989 adaptation). Look for references to his interactions with […]