Response: Oedipus Rex/ Funeral Parade of Roses Comparison and Contrast
In this response, you’re asked to compare and contrast Oedipus Rex with Funeral Parade of Roses. If you did not learn how to organize a Comparison and Contrast essay in English 101, I highly suggest you review this challenging structure. Click HERELinks to an external site. to access our unit on Comparison and Contrast.
While Funeral Parade of Roses is based on Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex, it very different. Remember that Comparison and Contrast as a rhetorical strategy is based on similarities. Each of these movies has numerous commonalities. These include:
plot (the events of the play/film)
cinematography (the visual elements of the play/film)
character (including personality traits and portrayal)
diegesis (the world of the play/film)
theme (the overall message of the play/film)
These similarities are your “points of comparison.” You do not have to address each point of comparison in your brief essay, but you should choose several to examine. For example, a good structure for this essay might include:
An introduction with a thesis
A body paragraph that discusses the plot in Oedipus Rex
A body paragraph that discusses the plot in Funeral Parade of Roses
A body paragraph that discusses characters in Oedipus Rex
A body paragraph that discusses characters in Funeral Parade of Roses
A body paragraph that discusses diegesis in Oedipus Rex
A body paragraph that discusses diegesis in Funeral Parade of Roses
Conclusion
Your essay should also include a work cited page. The correct citations for the play and movies can be found below each source on the Google site. Your essay should be at least 2 pages in length.
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