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