English Final Paper
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Answer 3 of the following 4 questions in essay form. Be sure to provide a complete, coherent response to the questions, including a lucid introduction with a clear, strong thesis statement and provide evidence from the texts to support your claims. Each essay must be at least 3 double spaced pages with 12 pt font and 1 inch margins.
1. Discuss the function of creativity and rationality in Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper”. How does the author present the conflict between these two and how does the conflict manifest itself in the narrator’s behavior and thoughts? How can you characterize the narrator as a “troubled artist”?
2. In The Handmaid’s Tale, discuss how the act of looking/watching, or “the gaze” becomes a sexual act. How do the watcher and the watched interact, engage and communicate without words? In what ways and for which characters do the eyes act a sexual organ. Point to specific moments in the text to defend your claims
3. How does Emily Dickinson establish the tone of her poem, “There’s a certain Slant of Light” and what is she trying to say about the role of nature on the individual
4. Select four symbols that appear in Edith Wharton’s novel, Ethan Frome. How are these symbols connected and how do they convey particular themes and motifs throughout the novel? What do the symbols teach us about the characters and what do they reveal about the overall lesson of the novel?
Add some punctuation errors here and there. 3 / 3pages each for a total of 9 page paper. Choose any 3 question. Nelson Duartes
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RESPONSE PAPER. This assignment is to be your response to the following five prompts from Benforado’s book. When writing, think about 2 pages for each prompt.
1. “Beginning the process with a theory of guilt leaves investigators predisposed to view the suspect’s ambiguous behavior as demonstrating deceit and to be overconfident in that assessment” (Benforado 2015:35).
2. “What is driving it all? Why do people cheat? And what is it about our legal system that makes prosecutors particularly vulnerable?” (Benforado 2015:73).
3. “The research is sobering. And it makes the manner in which officers interact with witnesses critical. Both verbal and nonverbal cues can jeopardize the accuracy of witness statements and identifications, regardless of the good intentions of the police or the awareness of the witness” (Benforado 2015:125-126).
4. “If were somehow able to remove our cognitive blinders, we would never design our system of punishment as it currently stands” (Benforado 2015:231).
5. “Just because humans created the criminal justice system doesn’t mean that we are ideal operators of its processes and institutions. Our natural limitations can prevent us from living up to our principles and achieving our goals. And the limitation is that we need to reduce our legal system’s reliance on human perception, memory, and judgment” (Benforado 2015: 259).
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