Thesis Statements Homework for Friday Trace Shakespeares use

Thesis Statements • Homework for Friday: • Trace Shakespeare’s use of one of the following images (blood, sleep, hands, weapons, darkness/night, milk, or birds) and explain the significance of that image. • The prompt asks for images because these do not necessarily symbolize the same thing every time.

All thesis statements should include three main components • WHAT • HOW • SO WHAT

All thesis statements should include three main components • WHAT • Content of the text • What’s going on? What do you see?

All thesis statements should include three main components • HOW • Specific Argument Detail • Literary devices, techniques… • How do you see that What inside? How is it shown to the reader? How does the author do it?

All thesis statements should include three main components • SO WHAT • Argument depth • Must be debatable • Must be able to be supported with FACTS/QUOTES • Connection to history, to the work as a whole, to the author’s worldview… • So what? Why does this matter?

Example! • In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses fire imagery to allude to the myth of Prometheus, demonstrating the unanticipated detriments of enlightenment.

Thesis Statements • Homework for Friday: • Trace Shakespeare’s use of one of the following images (blood, sleep, hands, weapons, darkness/night, milk, or birds) and explain the significance of that image. • The prompt asks for images because these do not necessarily symbolize the same thing every time.