- This prompt could be shaped to fit Macbeth's character perfectly. Examine how Macbeth uses language to convince the reader of the rightness of his position on murdering.
2) Prose Essay Prompt - 2010 : Maria Edgeworth’s Belinda (1801): The narrator provides a description of Clarence Harvey, one of the suitors of the novel’s protagonist, Belinda Portman. Read the passage carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze Clarence Hervey’s complex character as Edgeworth develops it through such literary techniques as tone, point of view, and language.
- This prompt is ideal for analyzing Macbeth as a dynamic character. Throughout the play, there is no direct characterization of Macbeth, so literary techniques are absolutely vital in the characterization of this protagonist.
3) Open Essay Prompt - 1973 : An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes.
In the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of
significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A
satisfactory ending is not, however, always conclusive in every sense;
significant closure may require to the reader to abide with or adjust to
ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay discuss the end of a novel or play
of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely how and why the ending
appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do not merely
summarize the plot.
- This prompt is, what I think to be, the most fitting to Macbeth as a play. Throughout the play, Macbeth is constructing his downfall, and this prompt gives the writer a perfect opportunity to analyze and interpret why Shakespeare ended the play in a tragic manner.
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