South Carolina State University
World Literature I E 250/21
Summer 2021
2nd Test 07-15-2021
Instructor: Dr. M. Z. Mashreque
Instruction: The standard format for this response is as follows: a. Introductory paragraph(s) working up to a thesis statement. Your thesis statement– the central idea or the topic in a sentence or two, carries your essay (as much as the paragraphs beyond the introductory one(s) have to elaborately explain the points of your thesis statement). Your introductory paragraph(s) create the background and context that contribute to and prepare the readers for your thesis statement. So, your introductory paragraph(s) usually culminate in your thesis statement. Please underline your thesis statement presented at the end of your introductory paragraph(s). b. Subsequent body paragraphs for expanding the points of the thesis statement. Points are to be expanded sequentially. One or more body paragraph(s) may develop one point. As you venture to organize a certain body paragraph with a view to developing a point of the thesis statement, you do so by offering a topic sentence stating the general rationale of the point—the rest of the body paragraph(s) elaborate the general rationale by your argument in terms of specific evidence and viable explanation. Maintain transition as you go from one body paragraph to another. c. Concluding paragraph(s). Your conclusion sums up your essay, and rephrases the thesis. You may choose to leave a final remark articulating an appeal, an opinion, a quotation or such. Do not introduce any new information or idea here!
The evaluation of your essay considers such aspects as: a. original insight (10 points), b. formation of a thesis (10), c. reference to the text (10), d. analysis (10), e. coherence (10), f. relevance (10), g. organization (20), and h. length (20) [at least two full pages]. Identical and plagiarized “answers” are automatically discarded and penalized. Your response may be examined holistically.
Look into following issues, and respond to two (one from prompts 1-4, and the other from prompts 5-10) only. Before starting to write your response, identify the one attempted.
Define the terms: a. Trilogy; b. Tragedy; c. Tragedy of Blood; d. Tragic Flaw; e. Tragic Force; f. Tragic Irony; g. Dramatic Irony; h. The Delphic Oracle; i. History; j. Mythology.
Describe the theatrical structure of the Greek play.
Show the differences in the Hebraic and Hellenic conceptions of God.
Locate Gods and Goddesses with their respective functions in Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Portray the two characters: Achilles and Hector from The Iliad.
Explore the themes in The Odyssey.
Narrate “Slaughter in the Hall” from The Odyssey and explain Odysseus’ justification.
Portray Oedipus in Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as both a king and a human being trapped by fate.
Portray Antigone and Ismene in Oedipus’ Antigone.
Recreate the situation dramatized in “The Friendly Dice Game” from Mahabharata and make your assessment.
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