Read the interview (on the Handouts page) with David Henry Hwang and use it to help you discuss what you see as an important theme in M. Butterfly.
Since you’ve already read and discussed the play, you should already have some possible themes in mind. Thus, you don’t necessarily have to choose a theme that Hwang and the interviewer talk about as the “important” theme in your paper. But you do have to include some of what Hwang says to support the point you make in your paper.
Be sure that, whatever theme you identify, in your thesis the theme is very specifically narrowed down. In other words, don’t just say something like the theme is role-playing or stereotyping or something general like that. State precisely what the play is saying about role-playing (or whatever theme you identify).
You should not be overly dependent on any source(s). Your main goal is to put forth your own thesis and to support your thesis from the evidence found in the play. You should use these secondary sources where they fit into the framework of your own argument. Do not try to make your argument fit into the framework of the sources.
And remember that you must have a Works Cited at the end of your paper. You’ll see a link on the handouts page to “Modified Guidelines for MLA Citations in Research Papers.” You’ll need to follow this when you work the borrowed material into your paper.
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