English 2000 (DE) Paper 2 Assignment: Mythologizing Playboy of the Western World

Paper details: [min. 750 words (ca. 3 pages), double-spaced, 11- or 12-pt font size, no extra-wide margins, etc.].

Prompt:
Explore an important theme in Synge’s Playboy of the Western World that we might also find in the myths we read for this class (say, “heroism” or “the power of love (or desire)” or “courage in the face of death”, etc). First, identify, carefully describe and analyze what that theme is and how and why that theme is important to our proper understanding of the purpose of the play. Then, describe and analyze how Synge handles that same concept or theme in his play and tell us what kind of overall message you think Synge is trying to tell a general reader (like us) with his work.
Make sure you specify in a THESIS STATEMENT IN YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH how we can better appreciate the play by comparing it to a mythological theme. This statement will be the argument that guides your paper and should be explicit as well as carefully detailed.
Make sure also to include an interesting, creative title as well as a conclusion that does more than simply summarize the points you make in the body of the paper

Answer the following prompt by making an argument with a thesis and by using evidence from the texts to back up your argument. Make sure that your argument is focused, your terminology is exact and specific, and your points are supported by evidence taken from the texts and carefully cited by page # from Playboy of the Western World (including any references to the auxiliary material, i.e., Synge’s “Preface”) and by line # from any poems. Do not rely simply on plot summary of the works, but rather analyze them in the context of our course themes. Employ a clear, detailed and specific thesis sentence at the end of your introductory section. USE PROPER SPELLING AND GRAMMAR throughout. Come up with an interesting, telling and/or enticiaqwng title for your paper.