Literary Analysis
Write an interesting, engaging and academically relevant essay in which you compare/contrast The Scarlet Letter to one selected short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne on the syllabus: “Young Goodman Brown” “The Minister’s Black Veil” “The Birthmark” “Rappaccini’s Daughter” The main goal of your comparison paper will be to show how the novel is an expansion of an idea or ideas presented in one of these short stories written prior to the novel. Additionally, you will discuss similarities and/or differences between the novel and the selected short story. You may also wish to include portions of the introduction to the novel {“The Custom House”} in your analysis. As in all other papers for this course, your paper should be a “literary” analysis.
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Write an interesting, engaging and academically relevant essay in which you compare/contrast The Scarlet Letter to one selected short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne on the syllabus: “Young Goodman Brown” “The Minister’s Black Veil” “The Birthmark” “Rappaccini’s Daughter” The main goal of your comparison paper will be to show how the novel is an expansion of an idea or ideas presented in one of these short stories written prior to the novel. Additionally, you will discuss similarities and/or differences between the novel and the selected short story. You may also wish to include portions of the introduction to the novel {“The Custom House”} in your analysis. As in all other papers for this course, your paper should be a “literary” analysis. This project requires you to utilize secondary sources, FROM HCC LIBRARY DATABASES, to support your analysis and each source must be used at least once in your paper. Do not use historical information or biographical information about the author in your research paper–your primary focus is an analysis of the two works by Hawthorne. Entire essay must be written in 3rd person point of view. CONTENT REQUIREMENTS: Your literary analysis must include be a minimum of 1,500 word but cannot exceed 2,000 words; Include an engaging and academically astute Introduction paragraph; In addition to engaging your reader, you must: Indicate the titles of the two selections you are comparing/contrasting; Review Purdue OWL or your handbook to correct format titles according to MLA standards; Indicate the topic you have chosen from those indicated as options for this assignment in the form of an academically relevant thesis statement; Organize discussions effectively in the form of engaging body paragraphs to prove your claim in the thesis statement; Transition effectively between paragraphs; Conclude with an academically relevant paragraph Works Cited – this page must adhere to MLA format standards; Total source requirement for this assignment: 6-8 sources are required for this assignment; Include 2 ‘primary’ sources which are linked in Canvas; Include 4-6 ‘secondary’ sources from HCC Library Databases; Secondary sources must be utilized to support your assertions; You must include a minimum of four [4] HCC Library Database articles for this assignment; You can include a maximum of six [6]
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