1. For extra credit, you can watch a film presentation of a tragedy and write a 1 page, single-spaced review of the film. Possibilities include the following:

Classified as Tragedy

Hamlet (BBC*, Mel Gibson***, Laurence Olivier***, or Kenneth Branagh*** versions)
Macbeth (BBC*, Orson Welles**)
Lear (BBC*, Laurence Olivier***)
Merchant of Venice (BBC*, Laurence Olivier***)
Romeo & Juliet (BBC*, Mark Leonard/Olivia Hussey**, Leonardo DiCaprio/Clare Danes**)
Dr. Faustus (Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor**)
Othello (BBC*)

Can be seen as tragedies

Inherit the Wind (**)
A Doll's House (*)
Wild Duck (*)
Hedda Gabler (*)
 

2. Write a brief (1 page, single spaced) explanation of how you would stage a scene from one of the tragedies we have read, either in a classical version of the play or an updated version. Explain what the sets, costumes and effects would look like.

3. Choose a contemporary event you believe is worthy of staging as a tragedy. Explain in a 1 page, single spaced paper how it fits the definition of tragedy as we have discussed it. Explain anything you would have to rewrite to make it work for a contemporary audience.