Sylvia Plath IOC

Lady Lazarus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1byeIiWb9qg

Essay Outline, Thesis and Topic Sentences

How does the personal history of an author have a significant influence on the way meaning is constructed in his writing in Things Fall Apart?

1. The personal history of an author can have a significant influence on his piece, therefore altering his perspective or in-depth analyzation of the situation. Giving every novel it's originality, bringing life to each and every book. Due to every author having a different story to tell differently.
1. Introduction to main arguments.
2. Brief background on the context of the book and author.
2. The emotions of an author can have an affect on his/her writing. In the book Things Fall Apart, Achebe's emotional connection is deeper due to the fact that he wrote this as an atonement to his past and as an African that has been "Europeanized" as an act in the movement.
1. Quotes from scholar-writers
2. His personal interviews
3. The background history of where, when and why this book was written and as a reaction to what? 
3. Another significant influence that can affect a writer's work is his/her experiences. The book Things Fall Apart would've been completely different if Achebe were to be living in a different country not knowing what it means to be submerged in a large movement and being "Europeanized" in the heart of Africa. The book would've been different due to the fact the author not being able to relate to the situation and writing a bias "story" from the outside and from what they've heard.
1. Read Achebe's biography.
2. Read about the background history of Africa.
3. Connect all with the book and how this has affected Achebe's work and how it would've been different if the circumstances were to be different.
4. The background context gives more meaning to a book. But when an author has a background to why they would create such a work it gives the book more life and emotion because it becomes clear that the author had an intention while writing this book instead of writing a nice story. This gives more depth to the book and allows the reader to really think about the other hidden meaning the author may have placed within the layers of his work.
5. Achebe's personal history has affected his work, Things Fall Apart. But if his personal history weren't to interfere with his work the book may not have been as successful, due to this, brings a new perspective and in-depth analyzation to his novel. Through his background, emotions and experiences Achebe has successfully brought life to his novel, Things Fall Apart.
1. Restate main points.
2. Quote specific examples.
3. Have a closing sentence to the essay.

Caius Martius

Until the end of act 1 he gives himself the nickname Coriolanus while leading the army to defeat the city of Corioles, which then the nickname sticks. Also throughout the act it is visible that he is always trying to prove himself to his mother. According to many sources he is perceived as brave, fearsome, and very highly spoken of, but throughout the whole play he shows many attributes that fit the profile of a flawed hero. Where he portrays many characteristics such as proud, inflexible, stubborn, aristocratic, immature and insensitive. Such characteristics contradict the personality and morals of a hero where he starts fitting in the category of being a tragic hero also, due to the way story unfolds even from Act I Scene I. The overall purpose for this characterization would be to overlay two, both the political aspect and the tragic hero to portray within the play.