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Kronbeck Annotated bibliography as a precursor to your research paper, you will be writing a bibliography, which includes an annotation for each of the sources you plan to use. An annotated bibliography is a list, in MLA style, of sources used in a particular essay. Each citation is followed by a paragraph (the annotation) that includes a brief summary of that source’s main points, an assessment of the source, and how the source relates to the essay’s topic. Criteria: · Just as for your research paper, your bibliography must include 5 sources total. Look for sources in the library catalog, or databases such as Gale Literary Sources, Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, or the MLA International Bibliography with Full Text on the ELAC library website. · Include a creative working title for your research paper. · Your annotations must be between 150 and 250 words long.

You must do three things in each annotation: · Summarize the main points of the source. · Assess the source. Here, reflect on the source’s: · Goal (What is the source trying to do? Educate? Argue? Inform? Convince? Find a strong verb to help you explain). · Biases (Is the source objective/neutral or heavily trying to influence its readers to believe something? This is connected to the source’s goal. You may also consider what else the author could have added to his or her argument in this section). · Reliability (How do you know the author is reputable? How do you know the publication is reputable? Do a Google search on both if you have to!). · Reflect specifically on the usefulness of the source to your paper. · Your citations must follow MLA style. It is your job to use the OWL at Purdue website to figure out how to format each citation. Remember, though, that many library databases format citations for you. You can just copy and paste them! · Your citations/annotations should be listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the author or, if there is no author, the first main word in the title (NOT “the,” “a,” or “an”). Here is a sample citation and annotation (for a different type of essay), with the assessment underlined (you should not underline this part in your annotation).

Granger, Hermione. “Community College Makeover.” Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. This article focuses on the weakening of “open access to higher education in California” and the changes a state task force is proposing to transform the way community colleges are run, hopefully making them more efficient and fair. While Granger agrees that some of these proposed changes are necessary, such as revoking registration priority to students who have taken 100 units or more, she also sees the problems in the task force’s recommendations, such as the lack of funding to implement these changes and the rigidity in the academic plans students would be forced to make. The goal of this source is to educate readers about the proposed changes to California community colleges and to critique the changes that would harm instead of help students.

The article is reliable because it is published in a reputable newspaper, The Los Angeles Times. Also, the author, after graduating from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, went on to obtain her doctorate degree in investigative journalism and now writes for the Los Angeles Times and other publications. Although Granger is mostly fair in assessing the task force’s proposed changes, she has a definite argument in favor of open access education. Also, the article would be more effective if the author had used more data to support the argument. This source has helped me understand the problems facing community colleges in much more depth and will be useful to my paper because of its thoroughness in relating the changes the task force proposes.

I plan to use this source to emphasize the budgetary problems community colleges face and why the task force’s recommendations will not work. Student 1 Sample Student English 102 Mrs. Kronbeck November 21, 2016 Character Study of Hamlet Ghose, Indira. "Jesting With Death: Hamlet In The Graveyard." Textual Practice 24. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Nov. 2016. The article aims to explain the struggles that Hamlet faced during the whole play. One of the struggles highlighted is with death and his desire to understand it and ultimately control it.

It isn’t until Hamlet realizes the futility of mankind to resist the inevitable impending doom that lies ahead of all living things that he becomes complacent with his role in life. The article also aims to explain how issues of identity plague Hamlet in his pursuit of meaning. The author of the article argues that Hamlet is consumed by the idea of the afterlife and that all his decisions in the play are a result of it. A professor from the University of Fribourg in English literature, the author is neutral in assessing Hamlet for both his good qualities and his bad ones. I will use this article to show some of the sympathetic aspects of Hamlet, especially to illustrate the many ways that Hamlet compares to the rest of the characters in the story.

He is ultimately the most sympathetic because his actions are layered in noble qualities. Jenkins, Ronald B. "Prince Hamlet And The Problem Of Succession." Anq 28. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Nov. 2016. The article makes the argument that Hamlet is not a character of noble intentions and that his true intentions are to be the king of Denmark. Jenkins also argues that Hamlet’s erratic behavior makes him unfit to be the ruler of Denmark and that Claudius is actually more fit to be the ruler. The source is reliable because the author is a professor of literature at Georgia College and State University.

The author doesn’t seem to be a fan of Hamlet as a character, and is very keen in exposing the many ways that Hamlet is a flawed character in the play. This article is useful to my paper because the author points out certain flaws in Hamlet’s character. However, I will try to debunk his assessment of Hamlet. I will use the information from other sources to help counter some of the arguments made in this article, specifically the part that argues that Claudius would be a better king than Hamlet. Levy, Eric P. "The Mind Of Man In Hamlet." Renascence 54. Web. 21 Nov. 2016. The article is an exploration in the complexities of reason and identity. The article argues that there exists a dichotomy in the processes of thought and action and that Hamlet is a prisoner to his thoughts and the paradoxical rabbit hole that leads him to inaction for most of the play. Hamlet for most of the play is trying to control his emotions with thought but his thoughts revolve around his emotions. In conclusion, Hamlet becomes a victim to his overthinking that ironically culminates in rash behavior. The author of the article in an English professor at the University of British Columbia and has authored many papers in literary criticism and focuses on the essence of thought and how it pertains to Hamlet and his actions in the play and does not stray away from that singular focus.

The author does not show a biased view one way or the other towards Hamlet. This article is useful to my paper when I argue that Hamlet is a sympathetic character. I will be using this article throughout my essay at different points to explain and make sense of some of Hamlet’s volatile nature in the play. Lewis, Rhodri. "Hamlet, Metaphor, And Memory." Studies In Philology 109. Web. 21 Nov. 2016 9wZT1zaXRl#db=rlh&AN= The article focuses on a theory based on the second soliloquy of the play that Hamlet deep inside is not a bad person, but instead he is put in a situation that consumes him and turns him into an unlikable character. The second soliloquy of this play is important because Hamlet says a lot of things that can easily be interpreted as his dislike for the life he is burdened with.

The author argues that Hamlet is not about one person trying to get revenge on another person, but instead it is an exploration in the depths of someone’s mind that has done something bad or is planning on doing something bad. The author takes a clinical approach and diagnoses Hamlet’s mental state with modern knowledge of mental health. The biggest flaw with the article would be that it uses a single soliloquy as its main source of argument but the play as a whole is incorporated as evidence of its point. The bias of the article lies in the fact that it is pro Hamlet. The author is reliable because he is a professor of literature at the University of Oxford.

This article is useful to my paper because it will help me prove that Hamlet is indeed a sympathetic character when you read the depths of his words carefully. I will use this article to show his noble and loyal characteristics are at the heart of his character and his unlikable characteristics are a product of his unfortunate circumstances. Wilks, John S. "The Discourse Of Reason: Justice And The Erroneous Conscience In Hamlet." Shakespeare Studies 14.4 (1986): 117-129. Web. 21 Nov. 2016. The article is an examination of the moral conundrum that Hamlet faces in the play. The author argues that the erroneous expectations of virtuosity that are placed on Hamlet in the midst of a very immoral act are absurd. Wilks argues that Hamlet’s volatility should not be interpreted as his moral or characteristic shortcomings but instead as a product of the circumstances he is put in. All in all, Hamlet is paralyzed by his conscience and burden of revenge. The author of the article is an author of many books that have to do with conscience and historical text. The goal of the article is to represent an interpretation of Hamlet that is centered on the paradox of conscience and passion that exists in the play. The author’s bias is towards justifying Hamlet’s dislikable qualities. The source is going to be important in my essay because it will aid me in showing that despite Hamlet’s unlikable qualities he is a character to sympathize with. I will be utilizing the overall idea that many of Hamlet’s unlikable qualities are a product of his most likable ones.