Macbeth Literary Analysis Paper Process Initial thesis due
Macbeth Literary Analysis Paper Process: ● Initial thesis due: Tuesday 11/7 ● Thesis refinement: Tuesday 11/7 ● Thesis w/ 6 pieces of evidence: Thursday 11/9 ● Outline due w/peer edit: Monday 11/13 ● Rough draft day (lab): Tuesday 11/14, 11/15 ● Rough draft due for peer edit: Thursday 11/16 ● 2 nd rough draft due for peer edit 11/20 ● Final essay due to turnitin. com by 10: 05 AM: Wednesday 11/22
Outlining I. Thesis: A. BTS 1 a. Textual evidence to support main idea 1 i. Analysis of textual evidence ii. Analysis of textual evidence b. Textual evidence to support main idea i. Analysis of textual evidence ii. Analysis of textual evidence B. BTS 2 a. Textual evidence to support main idea i. Analysis of textual evidence ii. Analysis of textual evidence b. Textual evidence to support main idea i. Analysis of textual evidence ii. Analysis of textual evidence C. BTS 3? etc. 1. IF YOU HAVE AN a, YOU MUST HAVE A b. IF YOU HAVE AN i, YOU MUST HAVE AN ii 2. ONE BTS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN ONE PARAGRAPH
Outlining And rule number 3: You are not writing your entire essay in your outline. This means: ●No intros or conclusions--leave the fluffy stuff for later ●The only items that should be full sentences are your thesis and your BTS. ●Don’t write your essay in your analysis. This will turn into your essay later. ●For a 2 -3 page paper, you can expect about 1 -1. 5 page outline.
Outlining Tips for Success: BTS Tips for BTS: 1. Focus your BTS around the author 2. Make sure you have the how from your thesis statement. 3. Reference what is happening in the text. How would you write BTS to prove this thesis? Shakespeare uses the characterization of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s power-hungry nature to illustrate unchecked ambition leads to destruction.
Outlining Tips for Success: BTS Shakespeare uses the characterization of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s power-hungry nature to illustrate unchecked ambition leads to destruction. Different ways to organize! ● You can organize by character ● You can organize by imagery (this especially works for symbolism) ● You can organize by proving your argument. ○ BTS 1: unchecked ambition ○ BTS 2: leads to destruction ●BTS work best in chronological order
Outlining: Tips for success BTS Shakespeare uses the characterization of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s power-hungry nature to illustrate unchecked ambition leads to destruction. BTS 1: Shakespeare implements violent metaphors in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies as they prepare to eliminate any opposition to their possession of the throne. (LM unsex me here, M dagger speech, M Banquo M Macduff) BTS 2: Shakespeare uses antithesis to draw attention to the Macbeth’s unstable personalities due to the violence committed in pursuit of absolute power. (Act 3) BTS 3: Shakespeare symbolizes the full destruction of the Macbeth’s humanity through dreams and hallucinations.
Outlining Tips for Success: Evidence Thesis: Shakespeare uses the characterization of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s power-hungry nature to illustrate unchecked ambition leads to destruction. A. Shakespeare implements violent metaphors in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies as they prepare to eliminate any opposition to their possession of the throne. a. “Come you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, /And fill me, from crown to toe, topfull/Of direst cruelty!” (1. 5. 44 -46). How/technique analysis So what/significance analysis i. “unsex me here”, “fill me…of cruelty”: violently takes away womanhood. Characterization: driven, demanding, evil. ii. Characterization reveals her willingness to remove herself from societal values to gain power. Nothing will hold her back: unchecked ambition.
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