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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.)