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Red Cliff
Red Cliff
Instructions for the paper
In your paper please address the following questions:
1)How do the characters make reference to Confucianism and personify its
values?
2)How does the characterization echo Confucianism?
3)What does the film/original story say about how to be a good king/leader and
how to be a righteous person?
Terms and Concepts
For Confucianism, please pay close attention to the following concepts:
Ren, Li, learning, Junzi and Xiaoren, heaven, the inborn virtues
Length: 500 words(double space)
Characters
The Kingdom of Wei: Cao Cao
The Kingdom of Wu: Sun Quan, Zhou Yu (his wife Xiaoqiao), Sun Shangxiang
(eventually married Liu Bei)
The Kingdom of Shu: Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang(Liu’s chief advisor), Zhang Fei,
Guan Yu, ZhaoZilong
OriginThe film was adapted from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Plot Summary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425637/synopsis?ref_=ttpl_pl_syn
Note
The entire movie runs 288 minutes.
Name: __________________________
Paper Evaluative Criteria
Criteria Excellent Good Minimally
Satisfactory
Unacceptable
BASIC
Mechanics
(grammar, spelling,
punctuation, etc.)
Error-free Very few errors Significant number
of mostly minor
errors
So many errors that
the paper is difficult
to follow
General
organization of
paper
Ideas systematically
presented and
developed in a clear,
easy-to-follow
progression
Clear introduction,
body, and
conclusion; logical
progression of ideas
Generally organized
in a logical
progression
Little overall
organization
Clarity and focus of
topic
Entire paper
developed around
clear focus
Topic generally
clear throughout
paper
Topic stated but not
always central to
paper
Topic unclear or
fails to address topic
in relevant way
MID-LEVEL
Research and
sources, including
both primary and
secondary works ♯
Strong research with
accurate sources
carefully cited and
consistently
formatted; includes
primary sources
Relatively strong
with accurate
sources carefully
cited; minor
inconsistencies in
formatting
Relatively weak
with unreliable
sources or sources
cited haphazardly;
formatting may be
inconsistent
Weak research with
unacceptable sources
or sources not cited,
whether ideas or
direct quotations
Analysis and
interpretation
Accurate and
convincing;
expresses clear and
deep understanding
Accurate and
convincing
Some inaccuracies
and deficiencies
Frequent, perhaps
systemic
inaccuracies and
misinterpretations
Evidence and
opinions
Consistent and
strategic evidence in
support of views
Generally consistent
and strategic
evidence in support
of views
Some evidence and
support for views
Little evidence and
support; may include
unquestioned
assumptions or
unsupported
opinions
ADVANCED
Reflection and
unexpected insights
Strong philosophical
reflection and
insights
Some reflection and
insights
Little philosophical
reflection and
insight
Nearly completely
absent
Success relative to
other papers
Outstanding and
model paper
Successful paper;
beyond class norm
Typical and average
paper
Least successful;
most deficient and/or
problematic
Legend to Symbols and Abbreviations: √=interesting/relevant; X=inaccurate/problematic; ¶=new
paragraph; ?=meaning unclear/questionable claim; awk=awkward; case=upper/lower case (capitalization);
frag=sentence fragment; itals=italics; p#s=page numbers; ref=reference; sp=spelling; wc=word choice.
♯Note: For Research and sources (see above), you could simply refer to the assigned readings.
You are not required to cite from other resources. For citation style, both Chicago and MLA are
fine. If you are not sure about the format, please see here:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/