T‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍hink about the characters you have read about as if they running to be King. You have to decide whom you want to support (who would be the best) and explain why? You also have to pick the person you think would be the worst, and explain why? Next you introduce two candidates out of four (forget the two you are NOT using) Choices: Shakespeare’s Henry V, (a winner, though short lived) Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Ambitious, traitorous, briefly successful like a candle and then burnt out. Auden’s “Musee des beaux Arts, a model of stay low, look away, there no hope Yeats “the Second Coming.” Trust no one leaders, there are no answers, all of our sins are catching up with us. Begin by explaining your general statement: Examples of how you can classify your characters: Henry V is a good example of a Man of action, or man who is too quick to anger. Macbeth is also a man of action, but by the end he is man of regret. (failure and bitterness) Auden is a man who wants a quiet life Yeats is a man who feels leaders are misled by passionat‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍e intensity or have no clue about what to do. Explain whom you are drawn to and disgusted by. Paragraph 1 (Example of one way to begin) There will always be men or action, and then there will be those who like to stay on the sidelines. Paragraphs 2,3,4 : (2) First talk about whom you admire and why (3) Introduce the character with summary of his background, Present your claim, (he would be a be a good ruler because) Prove your claim by stating quote with citation, (words from his mouth) explain the quote, and show why the quote is appropriate. Repeat again with a different claim and quote. (4) same as (3) (5) Transition to 2nd character Go to your contrast (counter argument) with the character you dislike most, again using his own words to prove what you say is true. (6)Present your claim, Prove by stating quote (man’s own words) with citation, (explain quote, and show why the quote is appropriate,) (7, 8 ) Repeat the process Paragraphs 9, 10 Finally go back to your thesis, remind us of what you have proven and ‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍ then conclude.