002 Essay (2000 words) (60%) Due 12/05/2025 1PM
For this assignment, you must write a comparative essay on at least two of the plays you have studied.
Answer one of the following questions:
- Discuss the role of any one of the following in relation to at least two of the plays studied for this module: time; gender; recognition; fate.
- How important is divine agency to the tragic action in any two of the plays studied for this module?
- Discuss the relationship between tragedy and social status in at least two of the plays studied for this module.
- 'Through the estrangement and the decomposition of the tragic protagonist we are brought face to face with the fragility of our identity, and the fragility of the languages through which we make sense of that identity' (Paul Hammond). To what extent is this claim exemplified in at least two of the plays studied for this module?
- Discuss the treatment of endings in at least two of the plays studied for this module.
You should refer to the recommended editions of the plays, details of which can be found in the module outline.
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Academic Integrity
What is academic integrity?
Academic integrity simply means that you act honestly when you submit a piece of work for marking and avoid committing any form of assessment offence. By acting honestly we expect that you avoid cheating or plagiarising and maintain high academic standards.
Students found to have plagiarised or committed an assessment offence of any nature will be penalised and penalties can range from failing the module to failing the entire programme of study and exiting without any award.
The University uses Turnitin which is a plagiarism detection service tool where you can upload your work which helps you to reference your work correctly when you write an essay, report or case study for example. Turnitin will compare the work you submit with stored resources (e.g. from both contemporary and previous submissions, reference texts / periodicals / books and the internet).
For each piece of work submitted Turnitin provides two things:
1. A similarity index, which indicates the percentage of the submitted paper that Turnitin has identified as matching other sources.
2. An originality report, which shows each of these matches in more detail, including the source(s) that Turnitin has found.
You are strongly encouraged to do the following for each piece of work before you submit:
- Take academic Integrity seriously.
- Upload your work onto the STA Draft Submission Area for Turnitin - well in advance of the submission deadline - so that you:
a. have enough time for the system to turnaround your work (the first and the next 3 uploads will typically take 1 hr each to process)
b. have enough time to respond to any issues identified in the originality report - Return to this assignment drop box before the submission deadline to upload (and submit) your final document.
It is only after you have tested your draft submission and addressed issues identified in the originality report you should make the final submission. Please note that you will only have one opportunity to submit your final submission to this drop box.
Your module organiser will check the similarity index for all the submissions after the deadline and any submissions with a high similarity index will be sent to the Academic Offences Officer for further investigation which will delay your work being marked.
