Prompt
Write a 1,750 to 2,250 word (roughly 7 to 9 pages, double-spaced) essay on a controversial subject related to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Your essay must be persuasive in nature, presenting an argument and counterargument that problematizes your selected theme from the novel to the real world. You must support your argument with evidence from the text and five additional outside sources.
During the last few weeks, you have been reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and have analyze how various themes are represented in the novel through characters and their actions. Now, you are going to expand on that by writing an essay that on novel’s connections to the real world by arguing how its themes are still prevalent in our world today.
Some potential topics for this essay could be:
The advancements of technology
The creation of life/the destruction of life
Behaviors and views towards women
Prejudice against the “Other” The fall of Man And others! Note:
You must make your topic of choice arguable. You will incorporate five credible sources. Three of these sources must be scholarly sources (from the library database or GOOGLE SCHOLAR).
Requirements
In order to receive at least a C on the research essay, your final draft should be able to meet the following requirements: A clear and developed answer to the prompt. The topic is a current issue that relates to the novel. Clear, developed structure throughout the assignment. The paper discusses how a theme in the novel relates to a current issue/event. The paper takes an arguable stance by formulating sophisticated arguments and defending them with logical, persuasive evidence. The paper incorporates a counterargument The essay incorporates five sources of students, excluding the novel. The essay shows proficiency in integrating and documenting these appropriately-chosen sources, in MLA format. The essay contains few to no grammatical errors. The essay meets the assigned word count, which does not include the works cited page.
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