Quick Write

Take a moment to reflect on our class readings, your 2.2.2s/7.7.7s, our

class discussions, and our Socratic Seminars. We have covered a lot of
territory with our class content and theme of power structures and
taboos. However, there are still so many insights to be mined!
What interesting question, theme, or idea about our texts or
power structures and taboos still lingers in your mind? Take
ten minutes to identify and explore this question or idea.

Idea-Based Topics
Can be an answer to an open-ended question, exploration of a
theme, or analysis of an idea raised by the text
Should be something you can argue (not something that is evident
in the text or the writing)
Should allow you to critique and unearth new insights about the text
(not summary-based)
Should intrigue you!
(Does not have to relate explicitly to power structures, taboos, or the
critical theories we have studied)

Idea-Based Thesis Statements

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding represents the clash of human
nature and self-regulation through the savage boys who follow Jack
and the law-abiders who look to Ralph and Piggy.
In his comedy Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare uses dynamic
wordplay, figurative language, and puns to elevate characters such as
the Fool, and illustrate that the use of language is ultimately what
distinguishes the power of an individual.

Idea-Based Topic Sentences

After the fire goes out, division between boys occurs in Lord of the
Flies because the boys either become savages who follow Jack, or
patriots of reason who follow Ralph.
Though the Fool occupies a low social class, his ability to verbally spar
with Orsino, Olivia, and Viola elevates him to intellectual equality with
nobility, rendering him a character of influence in Twelfth Night.