Reading Response – Native American Performance and Death of a Chief

Read “The Death of a Chief: Watching for Adaptation” and Native Earth Performing Arts’s Death of a Chief. Write a one page response to the following: What are the implications of adapting Julius Caesar with Native artists? How does the change from a culture of dominance to one of subjection manifest itself in conversations in/about the play? Each reading response is worth 20 points. 5 points for writing at least one page; 5 points for properly citing and referencing the assigned texts in your response (MLA style and bibliography); 10 points for the quality of your argumentation. Here is the source citation for the article on Death of a Chief: Knowles, Ric. “The Death of a Chief: Watching for Adaptation; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bard.” Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2007, pp. 53-65. Also, for reference, the title page for the play is 379, the essay “Abuse of Greatness” goes from 381-383, and the play is on pages 385-427 (with the character list appearing on 386, and the play proper begins on 387).