Project Paper

Instructions
This final project will require you to read a primary and secondary source, analyze both, evaluate both, and bring it together to act as support for your writing.
All options require strong critical engagement with both the focal primary text(s) and with the required source(s).
General Requirements for the Project:
All submissions must:
be 1000-1200 words long
Include two direct quotes from the primary source (chosen play) and one direct quote from each of the two secondary sources, for a total of four direct
quotes in all. These sources must be used, actually cited, in the essay, not just listed in the works cited at the end.
must be original to this class and assignment (no submissions from other courses and or previous forums are allowed)
be in MLA format and use MLA style citations.
Click this link to see the correct format required for all assignments:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_sample_paper.html
See the attached resources for additional help
In addition to the chosen play and assigned corresponding secondary source, you should use one additional peer-reviewed source to back up your
persuasive thesis. BE CAREFUL that you do not create a cut and paste essay of information from your various sources; your ideas are to be the focus of the
essay, and the research should supplement and support your ideas. Also, take great care not to plagiarize; if in doubt, cite the source.
DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
Topic Choices for the Research Project
Choose one of the following prompts to guide your project.
1) Use The Importance of Being Earnest, Harold Bloom’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” in Bloom’s How to Write about Oscar Wilde, and one other peerreviewed source to discuss one of the topics listed in Bloom’s chapter on The Importance of Being Earnest. Your additional source may be about the play in
particular or the Victorian era in general.
2) Use Pygmalion, Paul Bauschatz’s “The Uneasy Evolution of ‘My Fair Lady’ from ‘Pygmalion’,” and Marcie Ray’s “My Fair Lady: A Voice for Change.” to
discuss whether the changes that were made from Pygmalion to My Fair Lady were valid. For this prompt, you do not need to find an additional source.
3) Use The Taming of the Shrew, Harold Bloom’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in Bloom’s How to Write about Shakespeare’s Comedies, and one other peerreviewed source to discuss one of the topics listed in Bloom’s chapter about The Taming of the Shrew. Your additional source may be about the play in
particular or the Elizabethan era in general.
4) Use Richard III, Harold Bloom’s “Richard III” in How to Write about Shakespeare’s Histories, and one other peer-reviewed source to discuss one of the
topics listed in that chapter. Your additional source may be about the play in particular or the Elizabethan era in general.
4) Use MacBeth, Harold Bloom’s “MacBeth” in Bloom’s How to Write about Shakespeare’s Tragedies, and one other peer-reviewed source to discuss one of
the topics listed in Bloom’s How to Write. Your additional source may be about the play in particular or the Elizabethan era in general.
Please contact the instructor with any questions