This MUST BE formatted as an essay, with introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs. Introduction with Thesis statement and each paragraph should be started with a Topic sentence and ended with an Overall statement.
There are 4 SOURCES IN TOTAL:
_2 primary main sources: “Oedipus the King" and "Death of a Salesman."
_2 critical text: Oedipus the King: A Hermeneutic Tragedy
Harold Alderman (in the attachment I send) ; The Nature of Tragedy in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" by Robert A. Martin (in the attachment I send).
You have to ANALYSE 2 PRIMARY TEXTS AND 2 CRITICAL 2ND TEXTS ALTOGETHER 'ANALYTICALLY' AND 'CRITICALLY' UNDER THE THEME OF TRAGEDY.
ESSAY QUESTION: In 1949, Arthur Miller argued that tragedy evokes in us the feeling that “we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one
thing – his sense of personal dignity.”
How true is Miller’s idea of tragedy in your reading of “Oedipus the King” and Death of a Salesman?
-> So it asks you to base on the quote of Arthur Miller about tragedy above, and then explore that quote by drawing upon 2 primary texts Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman. Whatever you do, you MUST LINK TO THE QUESTION AND CONNECTED TO THE QUOTE as well. The main theme is TRAGEDY, the main thing is the question and the quote.
IMPORTANT: You are expected to COMPARE both plays (“Oedipus the King” and Death of a Salesman) using TWO FEATURES OF TRAGEDY (imitation, hubris, catastrophe, anagnorisis, catharsis, and hamartia). These features should be the focus of your argument and must be called on throughout to enhance your claims.
_You are expected to draw on at least two key concepts (form, mise en scene, rhetoric, and dialogue) in your essay.
PLEASE READ THE ASSESSMENT'S DESCRIPTION VERY CAREFULLY.
p/s I don't have the pdf of 2 primary texts, which are the novels. I just have 2 critical 2nd texts and already sent to you. Sorry about the inconvenience and thank you so much for helping me.