FINAL ESSAY
Choose ONE of the prompt questions below and write an essay of at least 800 words with at least three BODY paragraphs, a conclusion and an introduction. You can choose from the following themes if you would like: Isolation, gender inequality, struggle for freedom, voice versus voiceless and/or the struggle for sanity.
Choose a critical approach such as feminist approach, historical approach, sociological approach, readers response or psychological approach or a combination of the above.
This essay is due no later than MAY 20th at 11:30 pm.
Make sure you use the correct MLA format with heading and page number.
Reread and edit your paper before submitting it. This essay is worth 30% of your final average.
Compare how gender is portrayed in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell to the role of women in the 21st century.
Compare appearance with reality in “A Doll’s House” and “Trifles”. OR Compare expectations with reality.
Write about the role of women in marriage at the end of the19th century comparing “Trifles” with “A Doll’s House”, how is marriage compared to marriage today. Similarities and differences.
Compare the usage of a feminist critical approach and explore the space where class and gender meet with moral and ethical responsibility in Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and Glaspell’s “Trifles”.
How are Nora and Mrs. Wright victims? How are they at fault for what they do? Compare a real-life situation from current events to both characters situation.
Compare the relationship between men and women in Doll House and Trifles.
