James Joyce
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Show how a character's attempts to recapture or reject the past is used
to develop an important theme in the novel. A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Analyze the conflict created when the will of an individual opposes the
will of the majority. Discuss the moral and ethical implications
that this conflict has for the individual and for society. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Describe the major differences and similarites in a sequence of parallel
or recurring events that occur in this play and discuss the significance
of such events. Do not merely summarize the plot. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Write a well-organized essay that analyzes how the meaning of this poem
is enhanced by sustained allusions to myths, the Bible, or other works
of literature. Another Essay Prompt
on a Literary Element: Some of
the most significant events in this work is mental or psychological;
for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In
a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to gives these
internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated
with external events. Do not merely summarize the plot. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
This work offers a happy ending through moral development. Write
a well-organized essay that identifies the moral reconciliation evident
on the ending and analyze its significance in the work as a whole. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
In this novel, a character--not necessarily the protagonist--is pulled
in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations,
or influences. Write a well-organized essay that identifies each
conflicting force and explain how this plaguing conflict within one character
illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. "Eveline"
from Dubliners Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Write an essay in which you explain how the author prepares his reader
for Eveline's inability or unwillingness to sail to South Africa with Frank.
Consider at least two element of fiction such as theme, symbol, setting,
image, characterization, or any other aspects of the narrative artist's
craft. Ulysses.
A Webified
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