In class, Professor Little said that the reason people get Cs instead of As in the midterm is because instead of staying on topic, people stray away from it and try to talk about the entire play. Does anybody know if we're allowed to write about Metatheatre (one example would be Lady Macbeth's speech about unsexing herself while she is played by a young boy)?
Yes, Waldo was saying that metatheatre stuff is fine as long as it applies to the explication of that particular passage.
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I know that they want you to explicate the quote (Who, what, when, why and so on)...As far as I remember he did not want anyone to talk further about the play or characters, though he never said anything about things outside the play such as meta theater. Best bet is to email him.
metatheatre is always a good bet to bring especially when explicating the passages as long as you can link it to the text... bringing up terms shows you have studied the lectures and connect the play to larger themes...
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