Edgar allan poe essay

ENC1102 Essay #1 - Literary Analysis (Fiction) Write a thesis-driven literary analysis of one of the following short stories:

“A Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid

“Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Your thesis statement should identify a ​theme​ of the work (this is your topic) and present as a contestable, or debatable argument about the theme (this is your main

idea). Examples of themes include, but are certainly not limited to:

The Blurring of Love and Hate in “A Tell-Tale Heart”

The (Un)dead’s Influence over the Living in “A Tell-Tale Heart”

Gender as a Performance in “Girl”

The Consequences of Vicarious Living in “Girl”

In the body of the paper, you should support your argument with quotations and

specific examples from the story. Provide MLA in-text citations and a Works Cited page. Give your essay a creative title,

and use MLA format throughout. ​This essay should be 4 pages long (1000 words). Due Dates Rough Draft – Monday, May 20th (bring digital copy for review in computer lab)

Final Draft – Friday, May 24th (submitted via Blackboard)