King

Consider your understanding of the world around you and those ideas that speak to your heart: ● the limits of human perception: what—and who—do we actually see? ● the place of deception and betrayal in our relationships and in our world ● the apparent ambiguity of morality ● the struggle of social classes, the “haves” and the “have nots” or the “1%-ers” and “the rest of us” ● the question of fate that stands in tension with our instinct of free will ● the assertion of human purposefulness and individual meaning in a possibly nihilistic universe ● the place of forgiveness and possibility of redemption for us all ● OR any other thought provoking idea that can be explicated through the study of King Lear AND various texts, and then synthesized into a cogent, meaningful exploration of that idea To make an argument for the play’s contemporary relevance, you will: ➔ STUDYATLEAST3TEXTS:(1)theplay,(2)thescholarlythematicarticlefromyourannotated bibliography, and (3) at least one contemporary text of your choice (Friday Forums are a great resource). ➔ PRODUCEafinalessayofaboutthreetofour(3-4)pages(about1,000-1,300words)that adheres to the MLA 9 conventions for format and style (in particular, a Works Cited page). ➔ WRITEaSYNTHESISESSAYinwhichyoureferencetheabovetextsasyouexplicateathematic idea found originally in King Lear but that also has contemporary relevance.