Character Study

Character Study Order Description Overall Assignment: Choose a character from the class’s assigned dramatic readings, choose a level of conflict that character faces (and explain the conflict), and argue how the character’s decisions in facing that conflict reveal the nature of that character. This should be a 2-4 page, double-spaced essay that cites no less than 4 secondary sources for support. You will prepare to write this essay through reading and pre-writing activities, you will compose drafts, and you will revise based on your peers’ and instructor’s input to turn in a final draft. Levels of Conflict: MAN VS. MAN, MAN VS. SELF, MAN VS. NATURE (or a force greater than himself) Characters from A Streetcar Named Desire: ? Blanche DuBois ? Stella Kowalski ? Stanley Kowalski ? Harold “Mitch” Mitchell Characters from Hamlet: ? Hamlet, prince of Denmark ? Claudius ? Gertrude ? Laertes ? Horatio ? Ophelia Pay Close Attention To: Dramatic Progression, Use of repeated images/objects for symbols, Tone