Writing demands perseverance. It demands that you try to make sense out of something that at first may seem chaotic. It is a demanding task. You will write and re-write. The final paper will have gone through many drafts.
Vigorous writing is concise.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. You will write one paper on each play. Each paper will be approximately seven pages long and will be an interpretation of a passage in the play. There will be a comprehensive final exam.