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EXAM World Lit CLOSED BOOK EXAM; YOU MUST BRING A MAXIMUM OF 2 PAGES OF NOTES TO CLASS TO USE DURING THE EXAM. ***If you forget your notes, you must still take the exam.

 

Be prepared to write a paragraph first for each question; then list quotations preceded by the CONTEXT--what is happening, who is speaking about what, etc. After each quotation analyze its relevance to the question and state why you chose it.

 

1. Shakespeare's Othello: Five examples with quotations that show Iago's manipulation of Othello to believe that Desdemona is cheating on him.

 

2. Sophocles' Oedipus the King: Five examples with quotations that show Oedipus' errors in judgment.

 

3. Sophocles' Antigone:  Five examples with quotations that show that show that Antigone has moral authority in her decision to defy Creon and bury Polyneices.

 

4. Sophocles' Antigone:  Five examples with quotations that show that show the reasons for and consequences of Creon's stubbornness.

 

5. Othello OR Antigone: Five examples with quotations that show the limits on the power that women have over their own lives and decisions