Choose two of the short stories we read to respond to the question below to answer in a well-supported and structured essay (4 paragraphs, most likely). Be sure that your thesis, usually located at the end of your introduction, clearly addresses the prompt. In the introductory paragraph, indicate the works and authors of the works chosen. Be sure to put short story titles in quotation marks and do a quote and paraphrase from each of the texts you select at least twice: one paraphrase and one quotation per text (four total is the minimum.)
Support your thesis with paragraphs that have clear topic sentences and examples of both quotations and paraphrases from the text of the works. Be sure to introduce all quotations correctly (use one of three ways to introduce quotations) and do cite the author and the page number. If you use the author’s last name to introduce a quotation, you only need the page number after (if a page number exists). As this essay requires close textual analysis, do tie your points to specifics in the story. Every time you quote or paraphrase, you need to cite the author and page number directly after the information in a parenthesis: (Faulkner 2). If you use the author’s name to introduce the information, then all you need is the page number in the parenthesis, as in the following. If no page numbers are printed on the text, then you do not need page numbers.
Do use Times New Roman, size 12, and do double space. Please write in complete sentences and do not use “you” or contractions. You may use Critical Theory Today by Lois Tyson, the two short stories you choose, the grids you filled out for class, the quoting versus paraphrases sheet, the tips on in-class essay writing and the thesis, the psychoanalytic terms, and a dictionary and/or thesaurus. You may not work with other students and/or consult with anyone except the professor to answer questions about the essay. No other sources are allowed: use of them will result in an F for this essay, as will any other forms of academic dishonesty. You have until Sunday night at 11:59 pm to upload your essay to the link; the essay will be reviewed by Turnitin before I grade it. I have created some sample theses to help you, as well. Good luck! ********************************************************************************* Choose two of these works to respond to the question below: “The Rules of the Game,” “The Fortune Teller,” “A Rose for Emily,” or “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
Choose two of the works to explore how the works are dreamlike and maybe addressing the unconscious issues of one of the characters in each text. Be sure to explain the symbols in the “dream” and what the “dream” is trying to tell the character (one of the possible themes of the short story).
Be sure to use one paraphrase and one quotation from each story to prove your points. In your conclusion, briefly discuss if you think dream analysis has validity in real life, being sure to support your response with examples gleaned from your own experiences and/or observations.
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