YOUR PAPER MUST BE AT LEAST SIX PAGES LONG NOT INCLUDING THE WORKS CITED PAGE. PAPERS SHORTER THAN THIS REQUIREMENT WILL EARN AN AUTOMATIC ZERO
Your essay must contain a clear and meaningful thesis.
You must provide support for all major claims (both in the form of quotations from and references to the text and from your outside sources).
Your essay must demonstrate effective organization, clear transitions between paragraphs and contain correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
You must adhere to proper MLA format
Your essay must contain 4 (relevant) outside sources THAT YOU HAVE FOUND VIA THE LIBRARY DATABASE
IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO A CULTURAL STUDY, DO NOT COMPARE YOUR WORK WITH THE PRESENT DAY. FOCUS ONLY ON THE LITERARY WORK.
WORKS CITED SHOULD BE PRIMARILY TIED TO YOUR CHOSEN PIECE OF LITERATURE.
Some possible topics for your research paper:
You could examine the depiction of gender roles in an authors works
You could examine the issue of class representation in an authors works
You could look at how race and/or ethnicity figure into any of the works weve read
You could examine how a particular work depicts issues of power or control
