This critical analysis theory examines a work of art in the context of both the time period in which it was created and the culture that produced it. This perspective can be applied to any story, novel, or film. In fact, this theory does not distinguish in its analysis any significant differences between creative storytelling and nonfiction texts. The goal is to fully understand a text as a sort of historical artifact—studied in the same way a museum curator might study an ancient object. A study of Shakespeare using this lens provides insight into Elizabethan England and the influence of popular theatre in London. Essential Questions
What in the text indicates historical events?

What in the text would not fit in a different time period?

What in the text indicates the beliefs and values of the author?

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Why should college athletes should not get paid conclusion a. state the name in a new way: b. remind the audience why the issue matters

What do the sketches of 9/11 victims in "portraits of grief" achieve?