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Watchmen Final PresentationsEach group of 2-3 students will choose ONE of the following topics for your examination of the graphic novel Watchmen. Use your book report presentation as a model. Your Watchmen topic presentation should be much more in depth. Using Powerpoint as a likely medium for your presentation, you should have a minimum of 15 slides, with a maximum of 20 slides. You will be arguing a point about your topic, so you must do further research on your topic, so make sure you have a clearly stated claim (thesis statement). You will need a minimum of 3 quotes from Watchmen. You will also need at least 4 quotes, a minimum of 2 quotes from each of your 2 scholarly sources—No Google sources allowed for this assignment — you must use the LRC for books and articles. All quotes should appear on presentation slides and must be properly cited according to MLA. Please use proper capitalization, spelling, and punctuation. Please do not use pictures from the movie or other Watchmen graphic stories. What I will look for when I grade:Your first slides (2 slides): Title slide with title of your presentation and names of group members Thesis Statement/Claim that specifically states what your presentation will prove about your topicContent slides 3-19: required quotes from Watchmen (minimum 3) required quotes from 2 scholarly articles found through the LRC databases, 2 quotes from each articleWorks Cited slide (1 slide): entries for Watchmen and 2 scholarly articles properly formatted in MLA 8Presentation content: that you prove/support your thesis with required quotesThis is your final for the class: Peer Evaluations of Presentations: You must respond to a minimum of 3 Watchmen presentations by answering the peer review questions with a total minimum of 300 words:1. What does the thesis/claim say the presentation will try to prove about the topic?2.In what ways was the presentation successful in proving the thesis/claim? Discuss at least two examples.3. What part(s) of the presentation were weakest and why?4. What did you learn about the book that you hadn’t thought about before from the presentation?5. Please make any general comments about the presentation.

Note: if you restate the questions with your answers, the words from the questions do not count toward your 300 words requirement, and I am aware they will show up as SafeAssign matches.ATTENTION: ALL sources must be SCHOLARLY (THEY CAN BE BOOKS AND ARTICLES.) and MUST BE OBTAINED BY DOING YOUR RESEARCH THROUGH THE LRC. NO GOOGLED SOURCES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE. No encyclopedias (including Wikipedia) and dictionaries count as sources.1. Monsters — Create and prove a claim that Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias is a Monster according to Cohen’s 7 Monster Theory theses. NOTE: DO NOT repeat definitions/descriptions of the meanings of the theses. Not only is everyone is required to review the Monster Theory lecture and take the Monster Theory quiz, so we already know these, but to do so is boring, repetitious, and “padding”!2. Monsters — Create and prove a claim that Walter Kovacs/Rorschach is a Monster according to Cohen’s 7 Monster Theory theses.NOTE: DO NOT repeat definitions/descriptions of the meanings of the theses. Not only is everyone is required to review the Monster Theory lecture and take the Monster Theory quiz, so we already know these, but to do so is boring, repetitious, and “padding”!3. Monsters – Create and prove a claim that Dr Manhattan (NOT Jon Osterman) is a Monster according to Cohen’s 7 Monster Theory theses.NOTE: DO NOT repeat definitions/descriptions of the meanings of the theses. Not only is everyone is required to review the Monster Theory lecture and take the Monster Theory quiz, so we already know these, but to do so is boring, repetitious, and “padding”!4. The Comedian, Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl 2 & Laurie (treat them together), and Ozymandias are each faced with several ethical dilemma situations. Create and prove a claim that identifies two ethical dilemmas for each character. What does each character decide for each situation? How does the decision affect others in the story?5. Graphic novel as art (use of color, shapes). Graphic novel how art and text work together—involves research into what a graphic novel is. Create and prove a claim as to how Watchmen fits the genre, the use of colors, layouts, images repeated throughout the novel, how the art helps to tell the story, just for starters. Examine at least 6 double-page spreads of Watchmen in detail 6.Symbolism—these will mainly be images throughout the novel. Choose at least 10 symbols, then create and prove a claim that examines what you think they mean and why they are important to the story? Symbols to choose from: Clocks and Watches, the Doomsday Clock, Hiroshima Lovers, Nostalgia Perfume, Fall Out Shelter symbol, Rorschach’s mask, the Smiley Face pin, Biblical allusions, Gordian Knot, hydrogen atom symbol, symmetry, triangles and pyramids, the story-within-a story—Tales of the Black Freighter, repeated graffiti phrases like “Who Watches the Watchmen?”, colors purple, yellow, and red, Moloch, the name Ozymandias, Percy Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”, William Blake’s poem “The Tyger”, Alexander the Great, masks, Gunga Diner, the Promethean Cab Company, Paradise Lost, mirrors and reflections7. Watchmen and History — What events in the book really happened. Why do you think Moore chose to include these events. Does Moore change any of these real events for the story? How? What purpose does it serve to change these events? What historical events in the novel are fictitious, or, alternative to actual history. Why do you think Moore changed these events? How are the real 1980s reflected in the novel? This can be events in history, technological advances, social situations. You DO NOT have to address all of these issues. Create and prove a claim that supports those issues that you find most compelling.8. The Tragic Hero — Create and prove a claim that Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias is a Tragic Hero. Use the Elements of Tragedy powerpoint as a guide.9. The Tragic Hero — Create and prove a claim that Walter Kovacs/Rorschach is a Tragic Hero. Use the Elements of Tragedy powerpoint as a guide. 10. The Tragic Hero — Create and prove a claim that Edward Blake/The Comedianis a Tragic Hero. Use the Elements of Tragedy powerpoint as a guide. 11. The Tragic Hero — Create and prove a claim that Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl 2 is a Tragic Hero. Use the Elements of Tragedy powerpoint as a guide.12. The Tragic Hero — Create and prove a claim that Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan is a Tragic Hero. Use the Elements of Tragedy powerpoint as a guide. For 13 & 14. These two groups of women grouped together because they have issues in common with each other. How are these women characterized in the novel? What is their relationship with the male characters? What is their relationship in the events of the novel? Are their roles crucial? What are their roles in Watchmen’s society? Do any of them reflect the changes going on in the 1980s given the Women’s Movement? Other aspects to consider: violence towards women, rape, parenthood, male/female relationships. You DO NOT have to address all of these issues. Create and prove a claim that supports those issues that you find most compelling.13.Women in Watchmen A: Sylvia Kovacs/Rorschach’s mother, Silhouette/Ursula Zandt (in the Minutemen, a lesbian), pregnant Vietnamese woman, Joey and Aline, Veidt’s secretary, Dolores Shairp/Rorschach’s landlady14.Women in Watchmen B: Sally Jupiter, Laurie Juspeck, Gloria Long (Malcolm Long’s wife), Kitty Genovese, and Jane Slater 15. Tales of the Black Freighter— Alan Moore felt that “the imagery of the whole pirate genre is so rich and dark that it provided a perfect counterpoint to the contemporary world of Watchmen”, and he expanded upon the premise so that its presentation in the story would add subtext and allegory. Moore has said that the story of The Black Freighter ends up specifically describing “the story of Adrian Veidt”. Moore has said that “Marooned” can also be used as a counterpoint to other parts of the story, such as Rorschach’s capture and Dr. Manhattan’s self-exile on Mars. Create and prove a claim that supports Moore’s intentions for including Tales of the Black Freighter as a story-within-a-story in Watchmen.

 

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