1. Develop your own essay topic/argument/interpretation on one of the longer works.
Your thesis must contain a unique interpretation of the work and a focus for the essay; the argument
must then be supported with relevant discussion and examples from the work.
2. Focusing on either Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Christopher Rice’s A Density of Souls, or three of the
other shorter works (short stories, poetry) we have discussed this semester discuss the struggle that
exists between Order and Passion as evidenced in the work(s).
Your essay should incorporate a thesis (unique interpretation and focus) regarding this struggle and what
the author(s) is saying about this struggle, relevant discussion, specific examples/scenes/quotations,
and may also include a discussion of literary devices discussed in class to support your claims.
The below quote from Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice that plays a major role in A Density of Souls may be
an appropriate starting point and may be incorporated into your essay:
Morrisville State College Homosexuality and Adolescences Question
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