The essay for this unit will consist of a 1500 word critical analysis of TWO texts studied on the unit up to and including week 7: Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus, Plato’s ‘Crito’, Plato’s ‘Euthyphro’, and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Students must choose to answer ONE of the questions below. NOTE: Students must make detailed reference to the primary texts in their answer and include direct quotations from the texts, as well as make reference to secondary resources. Students can choose to be independent in their research, but they can also choose to make use of the secondary reading lists on the unit’s vUWS site. In all instances, students should not resort to quoting from general online secondary resources. QUESTION 1: ‘Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s body, Like Niobe, all tears, why – O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer! – married with my uncle, My father’s brother, but no more l...
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