Advice for writing my first philosophy essay?

Hi
Im a 1st year doin Arts and have a philosophy essay to write. the topic ive chosen out of the list is Nietzsche and the death of god and superman. thats the only title there isnt any detail given and thats whats confusing me,

should i literally retell his ideas in my own words to show i understand them, make a few links between these and other ideas of his, and some opinions of critics of his work, and then maybe at the end discuss the impact that his ideas could have, and have had (in nazism) ?

im good at writing english essays basically cos iv been doing them for years, but philosophy is such a different discipline and im a little lost on how to approach it.

help please!

Good afternoon.

I think those ideas would be a great start to your essay. There is a lot of information out there in regards to the Ubermansch, so you will have a lot of material to look through. I'm not sure if this applies to your assignment or not, but the link between Rodya and the Ubermansch in "Crime and Punishment" is probably something you could look into and perhaps use. I think once you get started with your research you'll have more than enough to keep you occupied.

Good luck!

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Gloria
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