2009 free response question
A symbol is an object, action, or event that represents something or that creates a range of associations beyond itself. In literary works a symbol can express and idea, clarify a meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Thesis: Bram Stoker exaggerates his scenes of intense darkness and mystery in his novel Dracula by procuring fog, a symbol that contributes to the confusion of events and darkness embedded in the novel.
Thesis: Bram Stoker exaggerates his scenes of intense darkness and mystery in his novel Dracula by procuring fog, a symbol that contributes to the confusion of events and darkness embedded in the novel.
Free REsponse question
Novels and plays may be interpreted differently throughout the ages. Choose a novel or play written before 1900 and describe how it would be viewed differently if written today in a well organized essay.
Thesis: Had Bram Stoker written Dracula today, a time when HIV/AIDS is most prevalent, his vampiric nature would be not only viewed as a curse, but as a symbol of disease.
Thesis: Had Bram Stoker written Dracula today, a time when HIV/AIDS is most prevalent, his vampiric nature would be not only viewed as a curse, but as a symbol of disease.