Young Goodman Brown. ness in Hawthorne's ‘Young Goodman Brown. The Cask of Amontillado. The Tell-Tale Heart.

Choose at least three assigned short stories from the Topic 2 Readings and attempt to develop a narrow, assertive thesis statement for each story (for a total of three thesis statements).

For each story chosen, do the following:
1 State your chosen topic (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
2 Explain the story's theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
3 Write one paragraph in which you analyze the relationship between the stated topic and the stated theme (see The Story and Its Writer, Appendix 4).
4 Develop your final thesis statement for the story, based on your analysis of the topic and theme. Review The Story and Its Writer "Writing about Short Stories" and the Topic 2 Lecture to make sure that your thesis is sufficiently narrow, assertive, and unique.




These are the short stories that can be choose from: 

Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown."
Read Herman Melville, "Blackness in Hawthorne's ‘Young Goodman Brown.'"
Read Edgar Allen Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado."
Read Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart."