ESSAY WILL BE DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY ON MARCH 14th. SUBMIT TO MRS. SORENSEN BY EMAIL AT: whitney.sorensen@slcschools.org. 

Here’s the prompt:
Write an analysis that compares and contrasts key elements of the movie (2010) interpretation of The Tempest with the actual written play The Tempest by William Shakespeare; evaluate how the movie version interprets the source text.

Your analysis should show thoughtful organization, supporting use of details from the texts, and be spell and grammar checked & error free. One page minimum, typed, double-spaced 12 pt. Times New Roman font.

Notice: this prompt is asking you to do 2 things– compare and contrast, and evaluate. 

Having a hard time writing an introduction?
http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/resources/writers/introduction-strategies/

Questions about format?
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Need to look at the “source text”/the play?
-All of Shakespeare’s plays in their full text are available online. Just Google “(the name of the play) Shakespeare full text”
-For The Tempest try looking at http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=Tmp&loc=p7 or  http://nfs.sparknotes.com/tempest/800px-George_Romney_-_William_Shakespeare_-_The_Tempest_Act_I,_Scene_1.jpg

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