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CLAUDIUS: Thou still hast been the father of good news. POLONIUS: Have I, my lord? Assure you, my good liege, I hold my duty as I hold my soul, Both to my God and to my gracious King; And I do think or else this brain of mine Hunts not the trail of policy for sure As it hath used to do, that I have found The very cause of Hamlet’s lunacy… (Exeunt – leaving ROS and GUIL) ROS: I want to go home. GUIL: Don’t let them confuse you. ROS: I’m out of my step here – GUIL: We’ll soon be home and high – dry and home – I’ll – ROS: It’s all over my depth – GUIL: I’ll hie you home and – ROS: – out of my head – GUIL: – dry you high and – ROS (cracking, high): – over my step over my head body! – I tell you it’s all stopping to a death, it’s boding to a depth, stepping to a head, it’s all heading to a dead stop – GUIL (the nursemaid): There!… and we’ll soon be home and dry… and high and dry… (Rapidly.) Has it ever happened to you that all of a sudden and for no reason at all you haven’t the faintest idea how to spell the word – “wife” – or “house” – because when you write it down you just can’t remember ever having seen those letters in that order before…? ROS: I remember… GUIL: Yes? ROS: I remember there were no questions. GUIL: There were always questions. To exchange one set for another is no great matter. ROS: Answers, yes. There were answers to everything. GUIL: You’ve forgotten. ROS (flaring): I haven’t forgotten – how I used to remember my own name – and yours, oh ): I haven’t forgotten – how I used to remember my own name – and yours, oh yes! There were answers everywhere you looked. There was no question about it – people knew who I was and if they didn’t they asked and I told them. GUIL: You did, the trouble is each of them is… plausible, without being instinctive. All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque. A man standing in his saddle in the half-lit half-alive dawn banged on the shutters and called two names. He was just a hat and the cloak levitating in the grey plume of his own breath, but when he called we came. That much is certain – we came. ROS: Well I can tell you I’m sick to death of it. I don’t care one way or another, so why don’t you make up your mind. GUIL: We can’t afford anything quite so arbitrary. Nor did we come all this way for a christening. All that – preceded us. But we are comparatively fortunate; we might have been left to sift the whole field of human nomenclature, like two blind men looting a bazaar for their own portraits… At least we are presented with alternatives.

Passage ID and analysis:No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool. I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves Combing the white hair of the waves blown back When the wind blows the water white and black. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

In this course we have examined several strong individuals who were in conflict with their society.  However, which protagonist that we have read this term is the weakest individual?  Justify your answer.

What female character that we have examined this semester is the strongest?  Justify your answer.

Passage ID and Analysis:She slipped into the booth beside me.  “I have to tell you something, Twyla.  I made up my mind if I ever saw you again, I’d tell you.””I’d just as soon not hear anything, Roberta.  It doesn’t matter now, anyway.””No,” she said.  “Not about that.”[…]”It’s about St. Bonny’s and Maggie.””Oh, please.”Listen to me.  I really did think she was black.  I didn’t make that up.  I really thought so.  But now I can’t be sure.  I just remembered her as old, so old.  And because she couldn’t talk — well, you know, I thought she was crazy.  She’d been brought up in an institution like my mother was and like I thought I would be too.  And you were right.  We didn’t kick her.  It was the gar girls.  Only them.  But, well, I wanted to.  I really wanted them to hurt her.  I said we did, too.  You and me, but that’s not true.  And I don’t want you to carry that around.  It was just that I wanted to do it so bad that day — wanting to is doing it.”Her eyes were watery from the drinks she’d had, I guess.  I know it’s that way with me.  One glass of wine and I start bawling over the littlest thing.

Formulating  Research Questions Scenario: You are preparing a study to evaluate the impact of lean manufacturing practices on production efficiency and employee satisfaction in mid-sized factories. You aim to develop research questions that guide your study effectively. Provide examples research questions for this study and explain how each type contributes to achieving a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

State the article’s claim, grounds, and warrant in your own words.

Quote a sentence from the article correctly in MLA format, remembering all parts of the “citation sandwich.”Then quote the same sentence correctly in APA format, remembering all parts of the “citation sandwich.”

Table 14-3The table represents a demand curve faced by a firm in a competitive market. ​ Quantity Demanded (Units) Total Revenue (Dollars) 12 132 13 143 14 154 15 165 16 176     Refer to Table 14-3. For this firm, the marginal revenue of the 13th unit is

EssayFor the remainder of the time available, you will write an essay using the above article as evidence. Here is what to do:Consider the topic addressed by your article and decide what you think about it. This will be your claim.Construct an argument supporting that claim using either Classical, Rogerian, or Toulmin argument.Use evidence in your essay; you can choose to use either MLA or APA.Your essay should do the following:1) First, state at the top what type of argument you’ve chosen (Classical, Rogerian, or Toulmin) and whether you are using MLA or APA.2) Then begin the essay with a brief introduction (longer if it’s Classical), ending with your claim. 3) The body should follow the pattern of the argument you have chosen.Each paragraph should have a clear topic sentence.Each paragraph should use cited evidence from the articleEach paragraph should explain the relevance of the evidence and also make use of the rhetorical appeals.Consider also tropes, schemes, and the like.Each paragraph should end with a concluding sentence.4) The essay will end with a brief conclusion.Tips:1) You are advised to do some fast prewriting just to get ideas in order.2) You are advised to type in Word and copy/paste your essay here (in case something goes wrong). If the quiz glitches and doesn’t save your essay, you will not get a re-do, so it’s best to have it saved elsewhere as you go.3) This essay should not use any outside information–just the article and your brain. For that reason, it’s okay to be a little vague. Your goal is to show that you understandthe structure and tone of your chosen argument typehow to cite in MLAhow to explain your evidence and use the tools of persuasion we have discussed this semester4) Worry less about grammar and sentence-level concerns, though the essay should be “readable.”