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Paper instructions:

Prompt: Opera is often the expression of complex social, political, and cultural issues, especially gender roles. Choose either Donna Anna or Donna Elvira and analyze her role in the context of the whole opera. Does she exert force in the narrative? How does she fulfill and/or challenge 18th-century gender stereotypes for nobles? Use musical and textual examples to support your argument.

Rubric:
Argument: Are you giving us an interpretation of your character? 30%
Evidence: Do you have textual and musical examples to support it?  50%
How is your character portrayed musically? Key elements that may be relevant are: text setting, phrase structure, melodic shape, harmony, texture, instrumentation.
Organization: Is the argument clearly presented in the introduction and the evidence  clearly is related to it throughout the paper? 10%
Style: Is it readable? Does it have grammatically complete sentences of varying lengths? 5%
Proofreading: Best way to catch errors is to read the paper outloud. 5%
I am most interested in how you handle evidence to support an argument. Your paper should include at least one detailed musical example (maybe two if you are talking about how your character changes over the course of the opera).