Discuss a character (or characters) from The Glass Menagerie. Use ideas from our discussion posts to help you write an essay that addresses a character's desire to escape and/or deny reality ...
1. DRAMA PAPER TOPIC, CHECKLIST, AND GUIDELINES
Topic assignment: Discuss a character (or characters) from The Glass Menagerie. Use ideas from our discussion posts to help you write an essay that addresses a character's desire to escape and/or deny reality. Your essay should explain how their illusions and dreams impinge upon and affect the family unit and address the idea of what it means to be obligated and committed to family. Be sure that your paper has a clear structure and focus, even if you choose to address more than one character. Papers that include relevant literary devices (such as symbolism, word choice, imagery) that clearly support and explain these ideas may earn higher grades.
Peer-reviewed sources: This paper requires at least two peer-reviewed sources.
Other requirements are included in the checklist posted here:
Drama Paper Checklist
The thesis statement is included at the end of the introductory
paragraph and addresses the prompt above. Yes __ No __
Your specific sub-points (body paragraphs) explain and support the
thesis in a meaningful and relevant way. Yes __ No __
You develop your points with specific evidence from the play. Yes __ No __
After the first mention of the author of your sources, you refer to
the author by last name only. Yes __ No __
Your paper includes at least two quotes per paragraph from the
play and does not include block quotes. Yes __ No__
These quotes from the story are pared down so that they provide
relevant support for your claims and ideas. Yes __ No __
You develop your points with specific evidence from your secondary
peer-reviewed sources. (Two are required. See info below.) Yes __ No __
Your paper includes at least four quotes total from those scholarly
sources and does not include block quotes. Yes __ No __
Whether you quote from primary or secondary sources, your quotes
are incorporated smoothly into your own sentences or you introduce
them effectively with signal phrases (tags). Yes __ No __
Page numbers and author’s name (when appropriate) follow in
parentheses following MLA format. The period is placed appropriately. Yes __ No __
You include an introduction and a conclusion. Yes __ No __
The paper is relatively free from grammatical and mechanical
problems. Yes __ No __
The paper is at least four pages long. Yes __ No __
The paper is prepared using MLA format, which includes pagination
and a Works Cited page. Yes __ No __
The Works Cited page is alphabetized, not numbered or bulleted,
and is formatted with hanging indents. Yes __ No__
The paper includes a title. Yes __ No __
2. ADDING SCHOLARSHIP (including peer-reviewed sources): (This section is vitally important for your drama paper grade.)
Please note: You must find a relevant article for this paper. Your paper will be assessed for the relevancy of your peer-reviewed article.
3. CITING SECONDARY SOURCES (both in-text citations and the citation for the Works Cited page):
For in-text citations, the process is the same as it was with your short fiction. You will use the last name of the author and the page number of the article.
The Works Cited citation, however, will be different. To create citations for these sources, you should use the format for an article from a database. Don't forget that you will need more than just the author and the title of the article for your citation. You also need the journal title and the database you used, along with the other regular elements.
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