Examine ideas and values of the classical world
You need to pick one essay question about ideas and values in classical texts (like The Iliad, Antigone, or The Aeneid) and explain what those texts teach us about how ancient Greeks and Romans thought and what they valued. You must use actual quotes or specific examples from your chosen text to back up your points, and show you understand what those ideas meant in their historical context.
You identify some ideas and values from your text and include some examples from it, but your explanations may be brief, contain small errors, or lack analysis of why the examples matter.
You demonstrate solid, detailed knowledge of relevant ideas and values, use specific quotes as evidence, attempt to analyse their meaning, and address all parts of the question while connecting different ideas together.
You explain ideas and values with insight, using well-chosen quotes that you elaborate on fully, compare ideas across texts or historical contexts where relevant, and consistently link everything back to the question with developed, perceptive conclusions.
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