Writing Homework Help

ESSAY. Write 4-5 paragraphs. Practice good grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Be sure you use specific examples from the play(s) to back up your thesis/main idea/claim/point. CHOOSE ONE ESSAY. (50 pts. — partial credit given.) CHOOSE ONE OUT OF THE THREE QUESTIONS

1) In “Tragedy and the Common Man,” Arthur Miller writes: “I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is willing to lay down his life, if need be, to secure his sense of personal dignity.” How does Blanche Dubois from A Streetcar Named Desire or Levee Green from Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom illustrate this quote?

2) Write an essay in which you explore how realism affected the plays of the modern theatre. In this essay, you may refer to the plays from the first half of the semester as comparison.

3) Is Blanche Dubois a tragic hero? Why or why not?