R and J Graphic Essay

For this project, you will create a graphic essay that provides a visual analysis – using symbols, images, colors and text – of one theme from your novel.

A graphic essay is defined as a visual project that combines color, symbol and words to make a unified statement. The aim of this project is to help you synthesize and organize many details from the text, connecting them and making sense of them.

In this particular graphic essay, you will demonstrate your understanding of a major theme within the novel, backing up your knowledge with examples from the text.

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REQUIREMENTS:  You will be creating a collage with images and literary elements from Romeo and Juliet

1. Identify a single theme from Romeo and Juliet. The theme you identify should be more than a single word statement and should be expressed as a fully thought out idea. For example: Do not simply state that the theme of Romeo and Juliet is love. Instead, "Shakespeare presents a picture of love as both a drug and a deadly poison."

2. Select and integrate into a collage on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper three images (symbols), three colors, five literary devices and three quotations from the play. The collage should be entirely created by you--do not cut and paste images from magazines or from online. Do not use the computer to create your graphic essay.

3. After creating the graphic (collage) portion of the assignment, complete a write-up of the theme, the images, colors, literary devices and quotations on another piece of paper. The write-up should include a short paragraph introducing your theme (2-3 sentences), a paragraph discussing the symbols (5-6 sentences), a paragraph discussing the colors (5-6 sentences), a paragraph discussing the literary devices (5-6 sentences) and a paragraph discussing the quotations (5-6 sentences).

4. The title and author of the play should be included on the front of the collage. Your information (name, date, and period) should be included with your write-up.

EXAMPLES:

1. Images/Symbols: Romeo and Juliet-dagger, poison, cross, crypt; Lord of the Flies-shell, fire, glasses, spear, parachute, pig's head.

2. Colors: Lord of the Flies-blue (ocean), green (jungle), red (fire); The Great Gatsby-gold (material wealth), green (the dock light), blue (Tom's car)

3. Quotations: quotations should be selected that best represent the theme developed by the author and should do more than just represent the plot or an action that occurs in your novel.

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Samples

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