EN12: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

Second Essay Assignment

The second essay is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, March 8. The paper should be about 5 pages long.

In this paper, as in the first essay, you should carefully compare and contrast two fairy tales that we have studied. The tales you may choose from for this essay are:

• "Snow White"
• "Beauty and the Beast"
• "Cinderella"
• "Donkeyskin"
• "Bluebeard"

You may choose two version of the same tale (such as "Cinderella" and "The Story of the Black Cow") or similar versions of different tales (such as "Donkeyskin" and "The Robber Bridegroom").

Be very careful in choosing the texts you want to write on, since you want to choose the ones most appropriate to your topic. You should have a precise topic focusing on a specific theme. I hope you choose the theme you are most interested in; some suggestions that seem particularly relevant to these tales are: women, assertiveness, passivity, independence, autonomy, men, sexual desire, fathers, mothers, sisters, family, home, security, marriage, nature, magic, money, violence, class.

For class on Monday, March 5, bring a thesis for your essay, in the form of a single, complete sentence.