This essay will offer you an opportunity to analyze, explore and understand a
work of art. The analytical essay is a genre of essay that requires the student to
investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an
argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner. This can be
accomplished through comparison and contrast, definition, example, the analysis
of cause and effect, etc.
Analyze specific motifs, such as Time and Place, Power, Sexuality,
Uncanny, Sublime, Crisis and Supernatural, etc.
Write an essay analyzing particular motifs inside Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Do not merely summarize and respond. Source material is required: a couple
sources can suffice with a Works Cited Page and in-text citations.
This essay must be written in the third person.
