Make sure to read the syllabus for general expectations/requirements
3-5 pages, MLA formatting, standard margins and fonts, double spaced
A Very Important Thing that your paper MUST include:
AFTER YOUR CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH YOU MUST PUT YOUR THESIS STATEMENT AT THE VERY END OF YOUR ESSAY, LABELED AND PRINTED BELOW YOU CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH.
1. Your own topic comparing and contrasting elements of Moby Dick and Heart of Darkness. This must be approved by Kurt far in advance of the due date. This approval occurs (or is denied) when you present a written thesis statement to me.
Compare and contrast issues and themes relating to truth and meaning from Moby Dick and Heart of Darkness.
Compare and contrast issues and themes relating to Modernism and Romanticism from Moby Dick and Heart of Darkness.
Kurtz, Moby Dick! Moby Dick, Kurtz! Discuss similarities and differences in terms of what each symbolizes and how the paradigms of Romanticism and Modernism affect/effect this symbolism.
