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Essay Instructions: Compare and contrast My Kinsman, Major Molineux and Young Goodman Brown in their entirety. For example you may want to compare protagonists, settings, plots, themes. Think about the following ides: how are the protagonist protrayed and what the reader is suppose to think about them? What is the setting and how does it affect the mood, tone, and or storyline of the short story? Are these pieces Romantic in any way? Do the authors use symbolism in any way? Obviously, you should not try to answer alll of these qustions in you response.

In your essay, focus on a strong thesis with strong textual support and quotes. Avoid mere plot summary. Your essay should be at least 7 paragraphs long. You should have a satrong intorduction, five strong supporting paragraphs, and a strong conclusion.

Essay Instructions: An analysis of how a SINGLE literary element works in a story and what it contributes to the story as a whole. The choices are below:
Stories:
Hawthorne, "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"
Ellison, "King of the Bingo Game"
Cheever, "The Country Husband"
Kellior, "The Tip Top Club"
Oates, "Four Summers"
Zelver, "Love Letters"

Literary elements:
narrative direction/plot
closure
setting
reliability of narrator
characterization
style(including direction, texture, sentence structure and rhythm)
imagery
symbolism
tone
irony
self-reflectivity
context(biographical, historical, or literary)

Structure:
Introduction
Thesis sentence recommended to conclude your introduction
(Thesis condenses your chief findings about how the literary element functions.)
Body: Analysis of how element functions in story.
Conclusion: What this element contributes to the story as a whole.

Essay Instructions: A five page research paper where there is one common assertion (theme) connecting Nathaniel Hawthorne's infamous short stories: "The Minister's Black Veil", "Young Goodman Brown" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux". It must include quotes from the original stories as well as reviews from respectable literary journals.

Essay Instructions: In at least 500 words and using quotations or examples from your Hawthorne tale, discuss your theme.
list the author and page after any supporting quotations from the Hawthorne tale.On a page after your essay, include a "basic" Works Cited. choose from one of these tales for the essay:"My Kinsman, Major Molineux, "The Birth-Mark",Young Goodman Brown or Rappaccini's Daughter"