Read: (Don’t wait until the last minute as these “short” stories are “long”!
Washington Irving: “Rip van Winkle” (pp. 515-527)
Nathaniel Hawthorne: “Young Goodman Brown” (pp. 668-677)
Discussion Board: Due by midnight on Monday, February 21:
Analyzing the assigned readings of both authors and including at least TWO QUOTES from each of each short story with MLA in-text citations, discuss 3 of the following topics for each writer in one mini-essay of 4-5 well-developed paragraphs; include a few sentences of introduction and conclusion as well as making comparisons between both writers (cross-analysis). Do not separate your discussion board into blocks by works; you are writing a unified mini-essay with a thesis in your opening sentences that connects the various works followed by the body of your essay that provides examples, support quotes, and discussion.
the protagonists of each short story
the protagonists’ wives
the protagonists’ journeys
supernatural influences
the tone and mood of each story
the themes and subject matter of each story
irony in each short story
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