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What will you write? Option 1: a researched essay about the play Aubergine Optio

What will you write?
Option 1: a researched essay about the play Aubergine
Option 1 is to write a 1,500-word paper using research to analyze the play
Prompt: How does the play attempt to create connection or community with the audience?
You will choose one way the play attempts to create connection or community to focus on. The area of focus may be a theme (such as food memories, death of a loved one, strained parent-child relationships, etc.) or a technique (multilingual dialogue, the sparse and non-specific setting and set design, the use of a frame narrative). Or it may be a combination of these. You may have additional research questions related to information you need to know to analyze this play, for example information about the history of Korean immigration to the U.S. 
Your thesis will be your answer to the research question. Your paper will lay out the line of inquiry for the research (what question(s) were you trying to answer). Your thesis is the answer to your research question, which you will support with detailed analysis of multiple examples including information from your secondary sources.
Your analysis should include at least three quotes from the play (your primary source), plus quotes and/or paraphrased information from at least three secondary sources. All information from sources, whether paraphrased or quoted, should be cited using MLA style and a Works Cited page should be included at the end.

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