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GUIDELINES FOR WRITING THE FINAL PAPER
2. Write about your personal responses to the play, i.e., how did
you personally respond emotionally, mentally, and any sensory
response that you felt in your body while reading the play. This
is written in first person. (Ex: “I shuttered when the urn of
ashes shattered on the ground.”). As part of this section, note
any fallacies you noticed when reading the play. Look at the first
4 pages of the sample paper on Blackboard for an example.
5. Describe what you see as the “seed” of the play (see pp. 8 –
10). Then:
7. Describe what you think is the “theme” of the play (see pp.
22-23)
NOTE: You do NOT have to break down the script into beats and
units.