Yes! I finished my Shakespeare exam!
And while I certainly enjoyed studying the Bard, I’m definitely going to take a break.
But, for your enjoyment (because I know how you love to revel in my misery), here’s the prompt I had to (well, we could pick from three and this is the one I chose) write on:
“We have looked carefully at the characters in each of the nine plays we have read, often analyzing them as if they were real people, not fictional creations. Write an essay in which you offer an analysis of Shakespeare’s ability to create characters whose speeches, thoughts, and actions allow us to think about what it means to be human. You should choose characters who are richly three dimensional, characters about whom absolute, irrefutable claims are hard to make. You must deal with at least five but no more than six characters, and you must study at least one character from each of the three most recent plays. In addition, you must study at least one character from the first unit of the course (Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, & Cymbeline) and at least one character from the second unit of the course (Richard II, Henry V, & Coriolanus). In offering your assessment of the characters you choose, be careful to articulate clearly each claim you wish to make and then to support that claim with detailed evidence from the play in which the character appears.”
My prediction? Utter devastation. On my part, of course. I should have started planning earlier. I really should try to overcome this whole procrastination thing, eh?
