Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu; the name of your attached file should be:
  • S13-361-Final-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S13-361-Final-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to my office
• length: 1200-1800ish
• Make sure you have your name, course number, etc at the top
• Copy and paste the topic you use at the beginning of your paper as a copy of this will be going to the assessment committee
• In-text Citations
  • make sure you cite specific examples from all the plays in a topic and that you use the line numbers from the plays rather than the page numbers when citing.
  • You may abbreviate the names of the plays when citing, e.g. Ag. for The Agamemnon, Alc. for Alcestis.
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • all the information you need for your entries is on the syllabus
  • in the same font, font size, etc. as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • use MLA 7th edition or APA 6th edition or Chicago Manual of Style

Write on one of the following topics:

• Roman Tragedy: In Seneca's Thyestes we get a strong-willed individual who is willing to risk all to gain what he wants. From the Greek tragedies we have looked at, who is most like Atreus and who is least like him? As always make sure you give specific examples from all three plays.


• Utopia: (Aristophanes' Lysistrata & the Frogs): Both plays express a desire for a "utopia", whether in the form of peace & family (Lysistrata), the "good ole days" of tragedy (The Frogs). Discuss, relating to today as well.


• Boy/Girl & the inversion of values: (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Plautus' The Braggart Soldier & The Haunted House). The plays' and movie's humor revolve around the boy/girl relationship and an inversion of values/place in society. Discuss how this happened in the plays & movie and how this is mirrored (or not) in life today (your own experience, life at Westminster, life in general). As per all the other topics, make sure you give specific examples.