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King Shahriyar had become disgruntled with the unfaithfulness of women, and vowed to have a new wife each night. Each was to be executed the following morning.
Shahrazad, when her turn came, enacted a clever plan. Each night her sister Dunyzad would come into their room and request a story. The King became so entranced by Shahrazad's stories that he would long to hear the conclusion of each one; and night after night Shahrazad would leave him in suspense, thus earning herself a further stay of execution.

M4/5 Soap Opera Project

Your research assignment is as follows:

In what ways are Soap Operas a late Twentieth Century continuation of the Naturalism theatrical tradition?

In order to succeed in this essay you must first define Naturalism and Soap Operas. Below are some web links to help you in your research. Don't forget to cite any sources which you end up actually using in your essay, even if you don't quote from them directly. 700-1000 words in length, please.

http://www.wayneturney.20m.com/naturalism.htm

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0040425.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-42199/Western-theatre

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/soapopera/soapopera.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-79UNG3?OpenDocument

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/teflupdate/0,,1098925,00.html

You have been given a copy of the assessment rubric for this task as well as a breakdown of the steps you need to follow in order to create a well structured essay. Don't forget that I want to know your opinion on the question as well as to see how much you understand about the two genres. Don't forget to include reference to the Guiding Question: How do Soaps reflect different elements of, and relationships within, different societies? Good luck!

This essay is due to me by 3:30pm February 4th.