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Assignment: Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
1. Competency 1: Describe the historical development of the humanities from the prehistoric era to the present.
• Assess the role of narrative structure and dramatic form in modern drama.
2. Competency 2: Examine the forms of expression that instantiate the arts and humanities.
• Explain how Shakespeare's Hamlet externalizes the inner thoughts of Hamlet.
• Develop a soliloquy that dramatizes a selected character's point of view.
3. Competency 3: Integrate the humanities with everyday life.
• Express a unique personal narrative in soliloquy form.
4. Competency 4: Communicate effectively in forms appropriate to the humanities.
• Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions: In Hamlet, Shakespeare makes significant use of extended monologues, or soliloquies, to express the thoughts and feelings of Hamlet in dramatic form. For this assessment, write a 6-8-page essay in which you explore the use of this technique in three distinct ways:
1. Select one of Hamlet's soliloquies from the play and analyze how it displays his inner thoughts for the audience in dramatic form.
2. Use evidence from the play to compose a soliloquy that expresses the point of view of one of the following characters: Gertrude, Claudius, Ophelia, or Polonius. Into which act of the play would you insert this additional speech?
3. Write a soliloquy for yourself, expressing the central narrative of your own life in dramatic form. Think of yourself as a character, explaining yourself to an audience that does not include those who play the most important roles in your life.
This assessment requires you to employ your critical skills in analyzing a work of literature but also gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learned in creative expression of your own.
Additional Requirements: • Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length: 6-8 typed and double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.