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Outline for Essay
IDS 1161: What is the Good Life
A. Your Main Claim / Thesis Statement
(State in three to five sentences what you are going to prove in your paper. Be sure to:
· identify the character that you plan to discuss
· specify what it is about the play that you will be analyzing
· directly state connection between your analysis and the effectiveness of the play for a modern audience to undergo catharsis.
B. Claim 1 (state which character in the play most elicits your fear and pity and why )
Proof/Point 1
(Evidence in text to support claim. Cite specific sections)
Proof/Point 2
(Evidence in text to support claim. Cite specific sections)
Analysis of Points 1 and 2
C. Claim 2 (state the claim that you will be making about how effective the story of the character you have chosen is in terms of facilitating catharsis in a modern audience and why)
Proof/Point 1
(Evidence in text to support claim. Cite specific section)
Proof/Point 2
(Evidence in text to support claim. Cite specific sections)
Analysis of Points 1 and 2
D. Conclusion
(state in two to four sentences what is significance about your findings regarding Sophocles’ Antigone and the process of catharsis for the modern audience.)