LITR221 Critical Analysis Essay

I need help with a Literature question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.

Write a 500-750 word essay on one of the following topics. The word count does not include formatting or the works cited page.

Write a critical analysis of one of the works from weeks 1 or 2. An overview of approaches can be found here, but many are quite straightforward. Psychological, gender, sociological, biographical, and historical are all approaches that many use naturally in viewing a work

Your essay should be formatted in MLA style, including double spacing throughout. All sources should be properly cited both in the text and on a works cited page. As with most academic writing, this essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name, the professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment on consecutive lines. Double space your information from your name onward, and don’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New Roman font with 12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around your paper. All paragraph indentations should be indented five spaces (use the tab key) from the left margin. All work is to be left justified. When quoting lines in literature, please research the proper way to cite short stories, plays, or poems.

Works to choose from:

Mark Twain, “War Prayer”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Robert Frost: “Mending Wall”

Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory”

Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Miniver Cheevy”