Directions:
You will be writing your 10th grade research paper on a topic about William Shakespeare's play,
Julius Caesar. Your topic is described below.
Requirements:
Your paper should include: an introduction, (thesis statement), at least 3 body paragraphs and a conclusion
The paper needs to be a minimum of 2-3 typed (double spaced, Times New Roman, size 12, MLA format) pages
The 4th page of your paper will be the "Works Cited" page. On this page, you will list source information for the play and for the secondary sources selected. Additionally this page MUST meet the standards of MLA
You are required to have TWO secondary sources (book or article, not including the play)
In your paper, please include: 2 quotations from the play and 2 quotations from each secondary source
Your paper must be submitted to TurnItIn.Com
All your research is to be done outside of class. Remember that you may come to extra help to work on this research. The paper will be typed in class when we finish the play.
Topic
The role of superstition, omens, and fate throughout the work play a significant part to the play as a whole.
Shakespeare incorporated superstition into his work in order to reflect the times in which Julius Caesar lived.
Research the role of superstition, omens, and fate in Rome and connect your research to the characters' responses to omens that occurred in the play. Again, use evidence from the text and 2 secondary sources as support.
Ideas:
The Ides of March
Soothsayers
Weather
Bird Omens
Dreams
Infertility
Ghosts
Use the following sources to find additional information:
Gale Literature Resource Center - using this source - you can search by work title (Julius Caesar) or by author (Shakespeare) or even by the theme your are looking for information on.
If you search by title of work or author - related key words will be in a box on the left in light
yellow your theme may already be listed there - click on the word and it will reduce the amount of articles that appear in the center and sort by that topic or theme.
Shakespeare Online - this source has many links to analysis of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets
