QUIZ

• The King and the fisherman come across a young man whose body is half marble. How did this young man come to be this way?

DETAILS

• Spelling – characters and their names• First words of quotes get capitalized (generally)• Punctuation goes inside “quotes,” not outside of

them• Citations – Cite like “this” (23).

WHAT IS THE POINT OF YOUR QUOTE?

• Explain what this quote is doing in your paper• Examine words of it, or at least point out its

significance (all too often quotes are left just hanging by themselves, there for me to figure out what in it is important)

ALIENATED QUOTE

• Clothing is important in the Nights. The girl who appears in the wall is described as wearing “a kerchief of blue silk…gold bracelets found her wrists, and on her fingers rich and coloured stones sparkled” (66). This shows the importance of clothes to creating a scene.

EXAMINED

• Clothing is important in the Nights. The girl who appears in the wall is described as wearing “a kerchief of blue silk…gold bracelets found her wrists, and on her fingers rich and coloured stones sparkled” (66). The rich details and colorful outfit she wears seems important to her character. Perhaps her flashy costume dazzles her audience. This confusion causes her beholders to fall under her spell, in a sense.

TWO OR MORE TEXTS DON’T SPLIT

• Clueless represents an idea of class…etc.

• Similarly, Emma represents class issues

TRY TO MIX THEM FOR BETTER EFFECT

• Reva’s slap is similar to Jane saying “excuse me.” They both stand up to others of higher classes, both do it in public, both surprise the recipient and both characters change in significant ways afterwards.• Paragraph 1 – standing up to higher class• Paragraph 2 – in public• Paragraph 3 – surprise• Paragraph 4 – change

THESIS TESTS

• An arguable statement• Your take on the significance of the relationship

between your x-factors/details/quotes• Not the truth, not a summary, not something

obvious• The “no s$#t Sherlock” test

CRAP THESIS

• The 1001 Nights and Emma contain elements of class issues. • This is “true”• This is too general to write a paper on (you will

just list examples from all over these texts)

OK THESIS

• Both the 1001 Nights and Emma showcase the insular nature of class. Regardless of what class people are in there is no escape or no entry. • List of examples paper• Makes a claim• Not specific, however• Does not answer “so what”

GREAT THESIS INTRO

• Despite the fact that class seems vulnerable in the 1001 Nights and Emma, the overall message of the works is that class has mechanisms to reassert its dominance. King Shahryar, while being cheated on by his wife with lessor classes, ultimately retains his class status through Sheherazade. Similarly Emma, despite being potentially courted by men of a lower class, ultimately finds Mr. Knightley – a man of higher class than her. Emma, therefore, not only retains her status, but even is able to improve it. Perhaps these seeming “attacks” on class actually enforce it, rather than diminish it. Therefore the texts seem to critically portray class as an impenetrable fortress able to withstand any threats to it.

PRIVILEGE

• King shahryar and shahzaman• Genie and the fisherman• King of the islands• King Yunan and sage Duban• Young man of marble

• Are the privileged able to learn from their threats?• What is privilege? Is it “bad” or just a state.• Is everyone privileged in the Nights?• What is the role of the slaves, the boyfriend of the

wife, the doctor in King Yunan

STORY ELEMENTS

• Magic• Betrayal• Class Differences• Humor• Genies and Jinn• Luck• Money• Power

STORYTELLING

• Scheherazade• The Merchant and

the Genie• The Parrot and the

Husband• The story of the

granite bound husband• Aladdin’s “uncle” and

his story to Aladdin

JUSTICE

• Shahzaman and Shahryar• Genie in Fisherman story• Prince and Fisherman freeing the Prince

• What does this say about human nature, the nature of justice and systems of “right” and “wrong”?

• What about evidence, justice and perception?