English 201 - Reading Texts
Aubrey Weese

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3-4 Page Papers:

The Mother and the Father
An essay comparing the mother in the poem "Daystar" by Rita Dove to the father in the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden.

The Priest and the Bug
An essay comparing the death of the priest in "Araby" by James Joyce to the death of Gregor in "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.

The Wrong Man
An essay comparing the character Connie in "Where are you Going, Where Have you Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates to the character Gertrude in Hamlet by Shakespeare.

One Page Papers:

The Daffodils
An analysis of the visual imagery in the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.

Claudius' Prayer
An analysis of the soliloquy delivered by Claudius in the play Hamlet by Shakespeare.

Connie's Choice
An attempt to answer the question "why did Connie open the screen door?" raised by the story "Where are you Going, Where have you Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates.

Sounds of Araby
An analysis of auditory imagery in the story "Araby" by James Joyce. My English teacher really liked this one.

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