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Essay Assignment 2

Study the online course materials about the Short Story (Unit 3).   You have several options for this essay assignment. Choose ONE of the options below.

OPTION 1: CHARACTER ANALYSIS 
OPTION 2: ANALYSIS OF TONE AND STYLE
OPTION 3: ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM
OPTION 4: ANALYSIS OF THEME

1. Choose ONE of the following stories for your analysis (You can access them in the Weblinks section from the Menu Bar to your left):

A Rose for Emily by WilliamFaulkner 

Link: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/wf_rose.html

The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck

Link: https://literaryfictions.com/fiction-1/the-chrysanthemums-by-john-steinbeck-2/

The Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker

Link: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/teleycal.html

A Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 

Link: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/telltale.html

2. Write a 5-paragraph essay analyzing the story you chose.