Does Oedipus Have any Free Will, or is He Just a Pawn of the Gods?

Analyzing Literature on Moodle Forums:

Your Moodle post must consist of 150-200 words. You need to respond to one classmate’s post.

There is no “right” or “wrong” in your analytical ideas unless you know the author’s original intent for writing the literary work—and even if then. The key to writing a literary analysis is how well you identify, develop, and support your ideas.

Steps toward writing an analytical response on Moodle:
1. Centralize your response by writing a thesis statement. The thesis forms the foundation upon which all supporting ideas will derive. These supporting ideas will form the body of the paper and will always go directly back to the thesis statement.
2. Discuss and analyze each supporting idea at a time.
3. Find evidence to support your ideas. Evidence is derived from the following examples from the original literary work:

Direct quotations
Summaries of scenes, events, etc.
Paraphrases of long quotes

5. Ensure you analyze throughout your entire response, not merely at the end of the discussion or only in the conclusion paragraph.
6. Draw your analytical conclusion in the closing paragraph. This conclusion should suggest the significance, or the reason the reader should care, about your topic. The key is to ensure your conclusion has been discussed and supported in the body of the paper as introduced by the thesis statement.

Your analytical response on Moodle Forums will be between 150-200 words and in MLA format. The purpose behind the short length is so you can get to your point much quicker, and you can practice writing in a more concise way. Make sure to include a clear thesis (your interpretation/argument) and supporting evidence from the text. Always cite author name and page number conforming to MLA standards.

Example theses:
Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” illustrates the role of female and the futility of living as a female in the 19th century where independence is only achieved in death.
Left behind by his best friend who ventured off to his first year of college, the narrator from “Drown,” by Junot Diaz is forced to find his identity as he revisits the places he and Beto frequented together.

“Solaris” by Stanisław Lem reveals mankind’s propensity in making meaning out of symbols, which can be inherently dangerous.