Using two of the following authors, analyze the ways in which Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Kate Chopin present women’s roles at the turn of the twentieth century. How does each author’s story criticize and comment upon social structures?
For your first essay, you will write a comparative analysis of two texts we have read thus far in class. Essays will be 2.5-3 pages, double spaced (see below for full details). Considering the short length, you will likely want to focus your attention on a key scene or two from each text, and compare […]
