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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Essay, Report &amp; Composition Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment, or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3615.39139)</generator><item><title>Re: Suggestions on how to improve/strengthen my thesis statement...?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsImproveStrengthenThesis-Statement/zrxnj/post.htm#422294</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:33:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:422294</guid><dc:creator>Grammar Geek</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsImproveStrengthenThesis-Statement/zrxnj/post.htm#422294</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-422294.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Don't "say" he's morally ambiguous -- just show HOW he's morally ambiguous. 
 The duke feels a need to prove his power, which colors his interaction with the other characters. It's hard to discern his true motives.</description></item><item><title>Suggestions on how to improve/strengthen my thesis statement...?</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsImproveStrengthenThesis-Statement/zrxnj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:33:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:421881</guid><dc:creator>Kkobligacion</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuggestionsImproveStrengthenThesis-Statement/zrxnj/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-421881.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi! This is the first time I posted in here, but I've checking this site since last year via recommendation from my friend. We're currently writing an essay using this prompt:  
  "Morally ambiguous characters - characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good - are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his/her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole ."  
 And here is my thesis statement (I hid the title/names of the characters for personal reasons, I hope you don't mind):  
  ...In the play , by , the  shows his ambiguity through his thoughts and interaction with...</description></item></channel></rss>