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Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole.

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot. You may choose from one of these works or another novel or play […]

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot. You may choose any work from this list or another novel or play […]

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Select a novel or play and, focusing on one symbol, write an essay analyzing how that symbol functions in the work and what it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot. You may choose from one of these works or another novel or play […]

Discuss the relationship between discomfort and happiness. Is Is Brave New World correct in its assumption that we need to experience discomfort in order to live a meaningful life? If so, how is it that discomfort can bring us towards real happiness and meaning? How does Camus takes on the ideas of discomfort and happiness? In your view, which provides a better template for how to live our lives?

Discuss the relationship between discomfort and happiness. Is Is Brave New World correct in its assumption that we need to experience discomfort in order to live a meaningful life? If so, how is it that discomfort can bring us towards real happiness and meaning? How does Camus takes on the ideas of discomfort and happiness? […]

Discuss “The Story of an Hour”: Consider how Mrs. Mallard responds to the news of her husband’s death. How does her reaction illustrate some of the challenges that women of her time period face?

Topic: “The Story of an Hour”: Consider how Mrs. Mallard responds to the news of her husband’s death. How does her reaction illustrate some of the challenges that women of her time period face

What’s the point of knowing what is good if you are not doing good; yet what is the point of fighting for the good if you don’t know what is good?Discuss

Your second and final paper should be on the relationship between moral clarity and moral action, or on the problem of the knowability of moral goodness and the implementability of ideals of moral goodness: “What’s the point of knowing what is good if you are not doing good; yet what is the point of fighting […]

Write a comparative essay that considers the similarities and differences between the causes and symptoms of addiction and loneliness, as well as possible avenues for combatting addiction and loneliness

With reference to Elizabeth Renzetti’s “Loneliness: The Trouble with Solitude” and either Gabor Maté’s “Embraced by the Needle,” or Bruce K. Alexander’s “The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Society,” write a comparative essay that considers the similarities and differences between the causes and symptoms of addiction and loneliness, as well as possible avenues for […]