You will start this essay in class but you will be allowed to continue editing and revising until midnight today 3/31. The essay should be your own product. If you use any sources about the myths, the sources must take up only a very short part ( no more than 2-3 sentences or about 30-40 words) and you must provide full links to your sources at the end of the essay. Do not present material as your own which you did not write. Give credit to ideas and sentences you found elsewhere.
Directions:
Focus on one set of mythological and/or cultural allusions in The Matrix from the many sets available (Greek mythology, Hebrew mythology, Alice in Wonderland references, Plato, etc.) and make an argument for the way in which the set of allusions you chose contributes/clarifies/complicates the plot and the movie's theme. You should make clear and explicit connections between the set of allusions you chose and the movie elements you see them in, and you should provide a basic explication of the mythological set of references on which you focus. This will be an essay you will post, not a blog. There should be 1) an engaging introduction, 2) body paragraphs with topic sentences, each body paragraph fully developing one topic sentence and sticking to that, 3) specific examples and evidence to support each topic sentence ,4) good transitions between paragraphs, and 5)an ending paragraph that provides closure. Avoid cliches (such as "in today's society," "in conclusion" for the last paragraph etc). There is a 600 word minimum. This essay will be the culmination of the first set of blogs evaluated this round.
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