Answer the following prompt:
The Stanley Parable is a video game that is indeed a parable. A parable is a short story whose ending is complex and complicated. It isn’t easy to determine what the ending is getting at in regards to a theme or lesson. And in the case of The Stanley Parable, it has multiple endings to further complicated a neat summary of what the text is about. The question then is does this text fit the idea of being an absurdist play? In an essay of three to four pages, discuss whether or not The Stanley Parable can be considered absurdist or not. Back your points up with textual evidence and research.
What is Expected?
The paper should:
- Have a finished essay that is insightful and moves beyond surface arguments or evaluation
- Be in MLA
- Be at least three pages
- Be mostly free of grammatical or mechanical errors
- Have at least one outside source
- Be revised prior to submission
- Be a Word Doc or PDF