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Essay Instructions: Interpretation/analysis/evaluation of a short story (The Birthmark by Hawthorne). The essay should have an introdution including the Author's name, short story title, 2-3 sentence summary of the story, and the thesis sentence(main topic). The essay must be about what the author is trying to say/imply within the short story. Any topic can be use, such as perfection or acceptance...etc. The essay should be the author's opinion, not a biography and don't make the essay consist on a summary of the short story. My teacher read the story and don't want a book report summarize the story again. Talk about what the author thinks, points to prove this topic. 4 sources must be used. One source that must be use is the Bedford Introduction to Literature sixth edition. It must be at least 1250 words long but not too much more than 1250 words and this isn't including the work cited sources. Direct quotes must be used in the essay, but NOT more than 15% of the essay should consist of direct quotes. Multiple paragraphs with multiple ideas/opinions must be use to make it interesting. He does NOT just want an introdution paragraph, one topic paragraph and a conclusion paragraph. Thanks

Essay Instructions: Literary analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorn's "The Birthmark".

Essay topic- analysis of the "theme" of striving for perfection.

MUST include a central thesis statement and the use of support paragraphs with topic sentences. Include a short story summary paragraph. Also requested, would be an attention grabbing intro and a famous last line in the conclusion paragraph.

MUST also include quotes from the text.

Essay Instructions: Compare "The Birthmark" to Frankenstein in order to show that that reading them together can reveal aspects of their meaning and/or merit that would be invisible if we considered either one in isolation.

These works are similar in terms of theme, yet markedly distinct in form: they belong to distinct genres, feature importantly distinct narrators and narrative modes and spell out the implications of their primary themes in markedly different ways. What can a critical reader learn from the two considered at once?

Your introduction should guide the reader smoothly into the argument you wish to make.Try to avoid "padding" your introduction with superfluous comments,e.g. "Many people have admired Cervantes' work for many years."

The important thing is that you let your reader know what you intend to write about and how you intend to go about doing so.Something of this sort would be fine:"Cervantes'Don Quixote may be understood to be a long meditation on the relationship between fantasy and reality. In this essay , I intend to argue that Sancho may be identified as the voice of ordinary reality, while Don Quixote speaks in terms of chivalry and magic. Based on a comparison of these two voices, I will argue that..." followed by the thesis statement

The body of your paper should contain a discussion of evidence that you have gathered from the primary text and secondary sources to affirm your conclusion.

Evidence should come from the primary text and 2 secondary sources. Rely on sources that you and your reader can check for accuracy and good scholarly credentials.

Essay Instructions: Must compare the significance of the letter "A" in The Scarlet Letter to the birthmark in "The Birthmark" and tell how they represent puritanical values. You must use three critical essays as well. You must give evidence of the Puritanical Values represented through the "A" and the birthmark on the character in "The Birthmark" by using quotes from all 5 sources.