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Short Essay – Option 3

3 Jan

Prompt

Please consider the following question regarding Olaudah Equiano and/or Mary Prince: Did s/he lose her/his original spirituality, or did Equiano/Prince adopt a Christian religion?  In order to answer this question please choose one specific example to structure your answer around.

 

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Short Essay – Option 2

3 Jan

Prompt

What is the significance of Tobias Smollet naming his book after a character that appears to be as insignificant as Humphry Clinker? What point, if any, is Smollet trying to get across by doing so? Please be sure to consider the following terms as you construct your answer: Epistolary form, representation, mediation, consumption, etc.

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Short Essay – Option 1

3 Jan

Prompt

Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room” concludes: “Such order from confusion sprung/ Such gaudy tulips from such dung.” Please make an argument regarding the nature of this final couplet. What conclusions and/or arguments can you draw to the larger poem?

 

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