heartybowl
Apr 12, 2011
Essays / English class is based on a "historical" movie (300). Need help with thesis. [2]
The essay I have to write for my English class is based on a movie.
and i can't think of a thesis statement! someone please help me.
here is the prompt:
Select a "historical" film, that attempts to retell or recapture a historical period, event, or personage, and write a focused, purposeful research paper in which you argue whether the film truly captures "the past": in your opinion, based on your research, does it accurately portray the event or time period it attempts to recreate? Your essay should also make some larger point about why the accuracies/inaccuracies in the film are important, significant or meaningful.
If you find through your research that significant changes were made, that the film IS NOT historically accurate, then after proving this (with your research), you should reflect on why these changes were made and/or what these changes reveal - about our culture, about the audiences' beliefs, values, hopes desires, obsessions, prejudices, preconceptions...?
the movie i chose to do this essay on is the movie 300 because a lot of the stuff is inaccurate. But I just can't think of a thesis to go with this movie.
The essay I have to write for my English class is based on a movie.
and i can't think of a thesis statement! someone please help me.
here is the prompt:
Select a "historical" film, that attempts to retell or recapture a historical period, event, or personage, and write a focused, purposeful research paper in which you argue whether the film truly captures "the past": in your opinion, based on your research, does it accurately portray the event or time period it attempts to recreate? Your essay should also make some larger point about why the accuracies/inaccuracies in the film are important, significant or meaningful.
If you find through your research that significant changes were made, that the film IS NOT historically accurate, then after proving this (with your research), you should reflect on why these changes were made and/or what these changes reveal - about our culture, about the audiences' beliefs, values, hopes desires, obsessions, prejudices, preconceptions...?
the movie i chose to do this essay on is the movie 300 because a lot of the stuff is inaccurate. But I just can't think of a thesis to go with this movie.