Thesis Help
The Sherbert ( by Todd Scott Moffett)
Your thesis represents your interpretation of the work. To complete your thesis, you need to have a clear understanding of your assignment. If your instructor has given you a question, then your thesis needs to be an answer to that question.
Sample question: What motivates Heathcliff, the anti hero in Wuthering Heights?
Sample thesis: Heathcliff is motivated by his desire for Catherine and need to for revenge against Linton
or
What motivates Iago, the villian in Shakespeare's Othello?
Iago is motivated by his jealousy of Othello and by his ambition to rise through the ranks of the Venetian army
The following frame may be useful to write a Sherbert
1. The author uses ____________x__________ to show __________y__________________.
2. Through the use of _________x____________ the author shows(how) ___________y__________.
3. The development of _________x______________ reveals ________y_______________________
1. Shakespeare uses the x plot to show Iago's growing influence over Othello
2. Through the use of the grotesque Falkner shows how Miss Emily's secrets represent ugly truths about the American South.
3. The development of the flea as a symbol for love reveals the desperation behind the speaker's attempt to seduce the lady he is addressing.
Mine -- Shakespeare uses Prospero's anger to show how inhuman we can become if motivated by blind revenge.
---Through the use of epiphany Updike shows how a character moves uncomfortably from the romantic self to the realistic world.
Your thesis represents your interpretation of the work. To complete your thesis, you need to have a clear understanding of your assignment. If your instructor has given you a question, then your thesis needs to be an answer to that question.
Sample question: What motivates Heathcliff, the anti hero in Wuthering Heights?
Sample thesis: Heathcliff is motivated by his desire for Catherine and need to for revenge against Linton
or
What motivates Iago, the villian in Shakespeare's Othello?
Iago is motivated by his jealousy of Othello and by his ambition to rise through the ranks of the Venetian army
The following frame may be useful to write a Sherbert
1. The author uses ____________x__________ to show __________y__________________.
2. Through the use of _________x____________ the author shows(how) ___________y__________.
3. The development of _________x______________ reveals ________y_______________________
1. Shakespeare uses the x plot to show Iago's growing influence over Othello
2. Through the use of the grotesque Falkner shows how Miss Emily's secrets represent ugly truths about the American South.
3. The development of the flea as a symbol for love reveals the desperation behind the speaker's attempt to seduce the lady he is addressing.
Mine -- Shakespeare uses Prospero's anger to show how inhuman we can become if motivated by blind revenge.
---Through the use of epiphany Updike shows how a character moves uncomfortably from the romantic self to the realistic world.