ESSAY

 Essays: 2 essays, typed, 4-5 pages long. Correct grammar and formal organization are required. See essay example for organization. See essay example for organization. Each essay must have at least two scholarly sources from college data bases or library books. MLA style with a Works Cited page.

Obtaining secondary sources:

Library Resources: f ind a list of databases: Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, or Project Muse.

Do not use the Internet for your sources.

    Primary sources:  the text; that is to say, the story/stories/poem/poems you are analyzing. A citation for each of these must go on the Works Cited page.

    Secondary sources: these are scholarly articles written about the texts. A citation for each of these must go on the Works Cited page

Knight Cite

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php

Grammar errors

http://iws.collin.edu/Andrade/andrade/grammarstandards.html

Sample essay with sources

http://iws2.collin.edu/andrade/andrade/sampleessaysources.htm

Grading checklist

http://iws2.collin.edu/andrade/1302/checklistlit.htm

Instructor “ I use this checklist to grade your essays. If you have too many grammatical errors, you cannot make higher than a C”

Essay # 2 Topics, choose one:

1) Describe John Milton’s sexism in regard to Eve. In other words, discuss his portrayal of Eve as consistently inferior to Adam.

2) Follow the devolution (descent through a series of changes) of Satan's character, both physically and emotionally. Explain why Milton portrays Satan as an heroic figure in the beginning and a serpent in the end. What point is he trying to get across to the reader? 3) Discuss Milton’s concept of good and evil; how does he present this dramatically in the epic?