Choose a character, either major or minor, from one of the above plays to analyze.

Choose a character, either major or minor, from one of the above plays to analyze. Some examples of what you could cover in a character analysis are: What function does this character serve in the work, and why is that significant? For example, is the character an antagonist, protagonist, or foil? (See definitions of these terms in Unit 1 and in Compact Literature.) How does the character change over the course of the work and why? What does this character show about the human psyche? What does this character reveal about gender roles or societal roles? Does this character fit into a specific role or does the character criticize the idea that we should or do fit into socially prescribed roles? *Please do not attempt to answer all of these questions in such a short essay.

For this assignment, you may write about Salomon’s The Date, Leight’s Nine Ten, or Dooley & Holzman’s Post-its (Notes on a Marriage) Again, you should have TWO sources on the Works Cited for this essay: the dramatic work from our CL textbook and one critical source from the library’s databases. Cite each correctly.
2. Follow the “MLA Formatting Example for 102 Essays” provided in the MLA Document Design folder in Getting Started/Course Info so that you don’t lose unnecessary points for incorrect formatting. Also, use the “Essay Outline Planning Guide” in Unit 4 to help you plan your essay.
3. Title your essay creatively–do not give it the same title as the play or character you are analyzing.
4. Use present tense, and write in third person. (See examples in the Notes documents “Ways to Quote” and “Writing a Literary Analysis.”)
5. Italicize the play’s title.
6. Include an introduction with an audience attention-getter and a clear thesis statement focused on your analysis. Avoid plot summary.
7. Write well developed supporting paragraphs with details, quotations, and/or paraphrases cited from the play and one critical analysis. Integrate quotations smoothly into your sentences. For examples of integrating quotations from outside sources into an essay, read the sample student essays in CL Chapters 5, 6, and 17 and in BCH Chapter 26.
8. Transition smoothly between ideas and paragraphs.
9. Write a conclusion that draws the analysis to a close, not merely restates the thesis or content of the earlier paragraphs.
10. Include the playwright’s last name and page number(s) of the quotations in the in-text citations for the play since none of the plays have line numbers, only paragraph numbers.
11. Use an attribution to introduce the literary criticism author and/or article title (if no author is given) when you first include it in your essay. For examples of attributions, read CL Ch. 6 p. 84, BCH Ch. 14d pp. 171-75 and Ch. 52a p. 560. Also, see the notes documents “Writing a Literary Analysis” and “Ways to Quote in an Essay.”
12. Do not plagiarize. Please be aware that when you submit essays, they will be run through SafeAssign and will be checked for plagiarism. See the ENG 102 English Department Syllabus and the “Policies for Assignments and Essays” for consequences of plagiarism.
13. Create a Works Cited using correct MLA 8th ed. documentation formatting. Review Purdue OWL’s MLA 8 Formatting and Style Guide, Purdue OWL’s MLA Works Cited Page: Books, CL Ch. 7, and BCH Ch. 17 for a play in an anthology with editors. Remember to include the original publication date after the play’s title. Use the Citation tool on the database article to correctly construct the Works Cited entry for the library database literary criticism article, and check its accuracy with our textbooks and Purdue OWL resources.
14. Revise and edit before submitting your essay for a grade in SafeAssign. Review Grammar Bytes! PowerPoints

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