English 1B Drama Essay 4

Directions: You are to write a 1000-1200-word essay on either Sophocles Oedipus the King or Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream. When discussing the play, refer to the text and not to the video, for the video is one producers/directors idea of how the play could be performed. In your analysis, choose certain passages to analyze that illuminate the point you wish to make about the play. Do not quote long passages of the play. When documenting plays, follow the rules for documenting poetry and italicize the plays title (plays are considered long works). For Oedipus the King, just use line numbers, but with A Midsummer Nights Dream, you need to document the Act, Scene and Line numbers with a period between each (and no spaces) as...