Prompt: “In plays, no one arrives on or leaves from the stage without contributing in some way to the complexity of the play.” Considering two or three plays you have studied, compare the impact on meaning of some arrivals and departures from the stage.
analyze two of the three plays that we have studied (Master Harold…and the Boys, Pygmalion, and A Streetcar Named Desire) with regard to the question above, and create a thesis that states your assertion.
Remember that the Paper Two Exam is a traditional thematic essay in which you must answer the question you choose. In answering that question, you must create an assertion which serves as your comprehensive thesis and which addresses the following:
the author’s intentions with regard to that question;
the literary features he uses and how he uses them with regard to that question;
the overall impact on the reader.
Please provide an introduction in which you hook your reader and state your assertion (comprehensive thesis) that answers the question. In multiple paragraphs, give a body that fully addresses all of the aspects of your answer to the question with textual support from the play. End with a conclusion that recapitulates your thesis and leaves your reader with a larger take-away from the experience of the play.
