Write a well-organized essay that responds to one of the following questions:
1. Think about self-knowledge as a theme in “Young Goodman Brown.” How does Young Goodman Brown truly come to know something about human nature and to know himself in the process? Does he end up supposing that he “knows” more about life or the human condition than he really does?
2. The unconscious, the world of dreams and the drift into sleep, informs Poe’s works, including “The Raven.” The largest and most vexing questions: how should you take or read Poe “seriously”—and what do you say about the notions of seriousness in imaginative literature?
My expectations for this paper are fundamental:
A paper topic that follows the instructions above
A thesis statement or central claim that organizes the argument
A clear, logical organization
The use of textual evidence to support your thesis and main points
Properly integrate material from three secondary sources
Coherent, logical explanation of textual evidence that supports the thesis and main points.
