Your Re-creative Writing

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Homework for Thursday 24th

Write a comment on this post explaining/outlining the argument which you would like to make in your coursework essay. I am looking for a summary of your answer, rather than the question...

You might also like to pick a section of the play on which to base your answer (particularly if it is not based on a particular character)....

Essay due Friday 4th November

Your next essay title is:

"A woman is at the heart of every tragedy." Discuss with reference to "Death of a Salesman" and other tragedies.

Feel free to use the blog to ask me any questions which you might have. Have a lovely have term.

Some more journal ideas...

For those of you struggling to find things to write about in your journals, here are some more ideas for you:

• Keep a journal of any television you watch which demonstrates any of the conventions of tragedy. For each entry, explain which elements of tragedy are present.
• Re-write a traditional fairytale to include all of the traditional elements of a tragedy
• Find a newspaper article which sensationalises a tragic event and annotate to explain why it has done so
• Choose a selection of the “critical quotations” which we have used in class and write a paragraph on each explaining whether you agree or disagree with the sentiment expressed
• Decide which three of your favourite characters from film, television or books best fit the stereotype of a tragic hero and write a paragraph for each explaining why you think this

Tragedy and the Common Man

Choose one quotation from Miller’s ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ that you think is particularly interesting and explain how it fits or challenges your view of tragedy, as well as relating it to Death of a Salesman.

Critique of your original tragedies

Please post you critique as a comment on this post.

Tragedy and Human Nature

Based on your discussions during today's lesson and your own ideas, write a paragraph explaining why you think humans beings enjoy tragedy as a from of entertainment. Please post you paragraph as a comment on this post.