World Drama
Analytical Essay for World Drama An analytical essay breaks down the themes (scholar’s theme and personal theme) into parts and presents the themes as a tool with which to evaluate the play.

Outline for Analytical Essays Title- should include scholar’s theme, personal theme and the title of the play ( play titles are in italics or underlined). INTRODUCTION Hook sentence – quotation from anywhere associated with your theme and scholar’s theme. Historical signi?icance Brief summary of the play Focus on the characters or scenes from the play you will mainly use Thesis statement (last sentence of the introduction)

• This essay will examine (scholar’s theme) and (personal theme) revealing (the overall idea of the play) and 3 speciIic moments or characters in the play.

Example: This essay will examine the scholar’s theme of sisterhood and the personal theme of fairness revealing Mrs. Hale’s and Mrs. Peters’ quiet gain of power as they uncover evidence that is gender specific; a messy kitchen, a dead canary and “knot it.”

First Body Paragraph Topic sentence – This sentence introduces the Iirst point of the thesis statement which is a messy kitchen (2-4 sentence) NEVER USE A QUOTE OR PASSAGE FROM THE PLAY in your topic sentence. Discuss when the action happens in the play (2-4 sentence) Recreate the scene for your reader (2-4 sentences) Introduce the characters in the scene. (2-4 sentences) Play Passage “Well Women are used to working over triIles” (Gainor 938). Scholars theme – analyze the play’s passage using the scholar’s theme (4-8 sentences) DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT! Personal theme – analyze the play’s passage using your personal theme (4-8 sentences) DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT!

Second Body Paragraph – This sentence introduces the second point of the thesis statement which is a dead canary (2-4 sentence) NEVER USE A QUOTE OR PASSAGE FROM THE PLAY in your topic sentence. Discuss when the action happens in the play (2-4 sentence) Recreate the scene for your reader, (2-4 sentences.) Introduce the characters in the scene. (2-4 sentences) Play Passage “Look at its neck. Other side too.” (Gainor 942). Scholars theme – analyze the play’s passage using the scholar’s theme (4-8 sentences) DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT! Personal theme – analyze the play’s passage using your personal theme (4-8 sentences) DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT!

Third Body Paragraph – This sentence introduces the third point of the thesis statement which is “knot it.” (2-4 sentence) NEVER USE A QUOTE OR PASSAGE FROM THE PLAY in your topic sentence.

Discuss when the action happens in the play (2-4 sentence) Recreate the scene for your reader. (2-4 sentences) Introduce the characters in the scene. (2-4 sentences) Play Passage “We call it knot it Mr. Henderson.” (Gainor 944). Scholars theme – analyze the play’s passage using the scholar’s theme (4-8 sentences) DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT! Personal theme – analyze the play’s passage using your personal theme (4-8 sentences. DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE PASSAGE, ANALYZE IT!

CONCLUSION: Call your reader to action (5-10 sentences) Let your reader know why it is important to read the plays through your lens! In this call to action remind the reader of the historical significance because we know “people write plays because they have some- thing to say” (Dr. Ryan, lecture.)