Type one page double spaced answering each question (minimum 4 pages double spaced.) To receive full credit you must refer to specific works of literature.
Questions
Texts to consider: O Pioneers!, The Awakening (if you read it), “Women and Economics,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” “The Story of an Hour” (attached)
Be prepared with ideas on and passages to support your ideas for the following questions:
1.What important issues come up in these pieces? Why are they important?
2.Do any of these pieces differ from one another significantly in their message? If so, which one (s) and how?
3.What connections can you find between these pieces and other writings we have read this semester, including Phyllis Wheatley, Ben Franklin, Thoreau and Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman, Twain, Crane and London?
4. What statement do these pieces make about America? About American Literature and American History?
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