2005B FRQ #3

Post date: Sep 25, 2013 4:38:13 PM

One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work.

You may select a work from the list below or another work of comparable quality that is appropriate to the question.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Antigone

Beloved

Ceremony

Crime and Punishment

Fences

Great Expectations

The Great Gatsby

Heda Gabler

In the Time of the Butterflies

Jane Eyre

Julius Caesar

MacBeth

Moby Dick

Native Speaker

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Pygmalion

The Scarlet Letter

Song of Solomon

The Tempest

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Tracks

Typical American

Wide Sargaso Sea