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| MAaN is a giddy thing |
- P&P
- Film - Much Ado
- Tomorrow:
- Short MAaN quiz
- Final exam essay (prompts below)
Here are your prompts for your essay dealing with The Taming of the Nothing and Much Ado about the Shrew. Remember that Shrew was first performed in 1593-94 and Much Ado in 1598-99, so any development you notice should begin with his earlier work.
Remember that you should plan for a five or an extraordinarily well-developed four paragraph essay. Please put together a working thesis statement in advance, along with your topic sentences and an array of supporting details.
You will have the entire class time on Monday to put this bad-boy together ; )
God bless you as you prepare. You have been a wonderful class! Go hard now and we'll enjoy some relaxation during your exam time.
Final Essay Prompts
- What is Shakespeare doing with his display of Mimetic Desire (desire that is learned, mimicked)? See Leithart pages 255-258. Is he doing drastically different things in these two dramas, or is he developing and furthering a study of mimesis as he moves from Shrew to Ado? (This is sort of the looking-glass-self prompt.)
- Catheruccio vs Beatrick (or Petratherine vs Benetrice): which couple's love is more profound and why?
- Examine Shakespeare's use of "drama" within these dramas. How many "plays" or "fictions" are there in each? What is Shakespeare saying about the nature of his creative art and its interplay with life that we too often believe to be un-storied?
- Shrew or Ado?: which work is a deeper biblical comedy (not to be confused with "funny") and why? See Leithart's section "The Bible as a Master Story" (pages 14-19) and "Introduction: Comedy" (pages 203-04).
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