Weight = 30% Length = XXXXXXXXXXwords (5-7 pages, double-spaced, not including Works Cited page). See Timeline for due date REQUIREMENTS Choose one of the Shakespeare plays and the adaptation of it we...

Weight = 30%

Length = 1200-1500 words (5-7 pages, double-spaced, not including Works Cited page).

See
Timeline
for due date

REQUIREMENTS

Choose one of the Shakespeare plays and the adaptation of it we have studied and write an essay comparing them with respect to one of the following topics. Use Shakespeare's Macbeth and compare to
Throne of Blood
(Japansese adaptation) Your essay should be in correct MLA format, including the “Works Cited” page which will at a minimum list the two works under discussion.

1. Space and Place: Compare the settings of the Shakespeare play and its adaptation. How has the adaptation changed or altered Shakespeare’s setting and with what effect? What meaning is given to place(s) or location(s) in each work? How does setting inform the ideas explored in each work?

2. Character: Compare the cast and characterization of the Shakespeare play and its adaptation. How are the characters imagined or reimagined in the adaptation? Are any characters cut or added? What is the impact of these changes? You may focus on a single character, a group of characters, or the overall cast.

3. Politics: Adaptations often have a different or more explicit political "message" than the source play. How are your selected Shakespeare play and its adaptation different in terms of their representation of power? How are the differences achieved and what is their overall impact on the meaning of the play in its reimagined form?

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

I. Assessment Scale

II. Areas of and Criteria for Assessment

1. Content and Comprehension

Criteria:

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  Exceptional knowledge, understanding, and command of play and adaptation under analysis.

  
  


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  Demonstrated awareness of nuances and complexities of the topic examined.

  
  

2. Quality of Overall Argument

Criteria:

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  Argument is logically structured, persuasive, and intelligently developed with outstanding clarity, coherence, completeness.

  
  


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  Claims (supporting points in body paragraphs) connect directly to the main argument and contribute to the argument's persuasiveness.

  
  


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  Evidence is the best available to support individual claims and the main argument; it is highly persuasive and effective in supporting the argument.

  
  


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  Analysis explains clearly how evidence supports the claim, develops the claim fully, and refers directly to the evidence used; superior analysis goes well beyond obvious and basic commentary.

  
  


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  Introduction is engaging and clearly frames the argument.

  
  


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  Conclusion reinforces the entire argument and provokes readers to think further; does not simply restate introduction.

  
  

3. Compositional Skills

Criteria

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  Paragraphs are unified, complete, and coherent; exceptionally well ordered; excellent use of transitions between paragraphs.

  
  


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  Sentences are clear and coherent with excellent connection between sentences; excellent use of a variety of sentence structures; few or no errors in grammar.

  
  


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  Use of sophisticated individual style and voice with few or no grammatical or mechanical errors.

  
  


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  Use of precise, appropriate and sophisticated vocabulary; use of formal writing conventions (see "Academic Writing" guide, attached).

  
  

4. Conventions of Academic Writing

Criteria

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  Correct use of MLA format in appearance of essay, quotations, and "Works Cited" page.