Complete any necessary research and write an essay on the following subjects.

1		Comment on how Shakespeare uses music to advance the plot, provide interludes and create spectacle in his plays. (eg. The Tempest, As You Like It, Twelfth Night)
2		Compare the structure of an early musical comedy (Pal Joey) to one of the later musical dramas (Phantom of the Opera). How are they different? How are they similar?
3		Examine how Brecht uses music as (1) an alienation device, (2) a plot device, and (3) a character delineator. (eg. Mother Courage, the Good Woman of Setzuan).
4		Stephen Sondheim's Assassins is a troubling work. Comment on the choices he makes to characterize presidential assassins through music by others and the music they sing.