For this essay, you will compare and contrast the way two different authors use 2 or more literary elements (tone, diction, symbolism, dialogue, character, etc.) in order to develop a theme.

You will discover your interpretation of your chosen stories’ theme by analyzing the stories’ dominant literary elements.

Please remember your goal is to get beyond the plot of the stories in order to arrive at an understanding of the author’s message by analyzing the stories’ literary elements. Your thesis will then assert that message, and your body paragraphs will provide evidence for your understanding of how the message is revealed to the reader by the author. Some questions to think about include:

What is the dominant conflict, issue or question this story presents?

What adage, moral, or cliché (such as “appearances can be deceiving”) does the story illustrate?

How do certain passages point toward the theme?

How do literary elements such as title, dialogue, names, characters, actions, setting, description, tone, point of view, symbols, etc., direct the reader to the author’s message?

How do repetitious words and/or images point toward the theme? In other words, how does the author deliver his/her message? How have you, the reader, been able to determine the theme?

As you develop your paper, be sure to include quotations from the short story to support your assertions, each documented using MLA style

Cite short stories by page number, for example: (Greenberg 33).

Some possible themes to consider include:

Love

Revenge

Self-actualization/Self-realization

Grief

Chaos/Disorder

Victimization

Loyalty/Honesty/Integrity

Appearance vs. Reality

Light vs. Darkness

Dilemmas of Conscience or Morality

Fate/Chance/Destiny

The Supernatural

Parent/Child or Sibling Relationships

Public vs. Private Realms

Marital Relationships

Alienation

Required Length: 2-3 pages double-spaced, 12 point font

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