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Essay plan tutorial

Introduction – lay out argument, primary text and any secondary/historical texts. Present your angle/hypothesis. You can mention a theory or two but don’t go into detail – save that for later. 250 words. Section 1 – historical/secondary texts. I agree with starting here but I’m not sure on your historical texts. Why Mice & Men? Completely different genre – I would stay closer to superhero genre for this section. Perhaps look at Dark Knight for recent secondary text, Catwoman (2004), Elekra (2005). You will need to re-research this, perhaps go back to BFI Library, do more textual analysis. 500 words. Catwoman wasnt as successful maybe due to the fact that the society didn' want to see a female protagonist at that time. Supergirl too.  Section 2 – Primary text: Wonder Woman. Textual analysis. Media key concepts etc. Quotes/reviews etc. 500 words. Section 3 – Research and theory. Don’t try and cover everything here – e.g. Colonialism will probably drift you away from