•3 pages (land on page 3)
•MLA format
• One primary source (the text)
• Works cited page
Choose one topic from the selections below. Or, you may develop your own topic.
Chopin topics
There are four kinds of conflict in literature:
Person v. Person (external)
Person v. Nature (external)
Person v. Society (external)
Person v. himself or herself (internal)
1. What is the source of conflict in Chopin’s “Story of an Hour?” (Hint: there are more than
one)
2. How does the setting emphasize the theme in Chopin’s “Story of an Hour?”
Glaspell topics
1.
How does the setting inform the theme in Glaspell’s Trifles?
2
How does the men’s attitude toward the women cause them to find Mrs. Wright’s
motive?
3.
How do the women’s attention to details help them solve the murder? Why do they
withhold evidence from the men?