Exit Paper

We have spent all of December working on the play 12th Night and learning about Shakespeare.

Write a 600-700 word paper in which you synthesize your knowledge of the play with your knowledge of Shakespeare and his age. The last essay we read in the TLS made the claim that Shakespeare is to be understood in the context of his life in the culture of Elizabethan/Jamesian theater: he reflects his age and the working conditions.

Focus you paper on the CONNECTIONS between the play and Shakespeare's life in London.

Because this is a broad topic, it is essentially a response paper, in which you discuss anything you like with respect to the play, the playwright and his age. Use the class lectures and the Nicholl (TLS) essay from Friday to help you.

You are writing for an educated audience that wants to know more about the topic. They appreciate good writing; they know some very basic things (you DO NOT need to cover basic biography) about Shakespeare.

You are writing to expand their knowledge of the topic and demonstrate your own knowledge. If you use information from the TLS essay (Friday's essay), just make make a note of it in the paper like this:

Charles Nicholl notes that Shakespeare depended heavily on Richard Burbage.

In other words you do not need a citation...note the source in your sentence.

If you have questions email me at the school.

Your work is due no later than Thursday the 19th.

Write your paper as a Drive document and share with me at rhetorx1@gmail.com.