Literary Paper: main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

Paper 1 for English 102

Themes in Literature

Write a 1250+ paper on a theme in one of the assigned texts. This is a LITERARY paper, so you must use at least 10 literary terms in your essay. Literary terms include plot, character, metaphor, symbolism, scene (of a poem), stanza, etc.

Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.

It is important not to confuse a theme of a literary work with its subject. Subject is a topic which acts as a foundation for a literary work while a theme is an opinion expressed on the subject. For example, a writer may choose a subject of war for his story and the theme of a story may be writer�s personal opinion that war is a curse for humanity. Usually, it is up to the readers to explore a theme of a literary work by analyzing characters, plot and other literary devices.

Choose any ONE of the stories or poems we’ve read (all are in the English 102 Reader):

�Desiree�s Baby� by Kate Chopin
�The Story of the Hour� by Kate Chopin
�How the Widow Won the Deacon� by William James Lampton
“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
“The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Poems:

Robert Burns, �A Red, Red Rose�

Percy Bysshe Shelley, �Ozymandias�

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, �How Do I Love thee?�

Edgar Allen Poe, �Annabel Lee�

Requirements:

1. Your essay must be 1250+ words long, and each paragraph is 5-8 sentences minimum, 12 point font, double-spaced with your name, class, paper # and a title.

2. You must refer to the assigned reading throughout your paper. TWO quotations are required from the assigned text (FOUR from a poem) and TWO quotations are required from outside sources. A Works Cited page is REQUIRED for this paper! Quotations and Works Cited NEVER apply to word count.

3. Your internet research should be clearly cited and have a different �voice� than the rest of your paper. Everything in this paper must be in your own words!

You MUST double-space your papers with 12 point font ONLY. Times New Roman or Courier fonts preferred.

You MUST double-space your papers with 12 point font ONLY. Times New Roman or Courier fonts preferred. Always follow the proofreading steps below:

1.Print out my draft.
2.Read it OUT LOUD.
3.Make corrections with a pen as I read.
4.Type in corrections on the computer and go back to Step 1.

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