2004B FRQ #3
Post date: Sep 25, 2013 4:23:44 PM
The most important themes in literature are sometimes developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. Choose a novel or play and write a well-organized essay in which you show how a specific death scene helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
You may select a work from the list below or another novel or play of comparable literary merit.
All the King's Men King Lear
Anna Karenina Madame Bovary
As I Lay Dying The Mill on the Floss
The Awakening Moby Dick
Billy Budd Mrs. Dalloway
Bleak House Native Son
Bless Me, Ultima One Hundred Years of Solitude
Catch-22 Othello
Crime and Punishment The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible Slaughterhouse Five
A Farewell to Arms Song of Solomon
Ghosts The Stone Angel
The Great Gatsby The Stranger
Heart of Darkness Tale of Two Cities
The House of Mirth Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jude the Obscure