Essay  (300-500 words). In the beginning of your essay, make sure you briefly establish the genres and time periods of authors (“time period” refers to dates, according to century, of the authors. For example, the 18th century).     Description:   In the essay, you’ll need to discuss the assigned portions of the literary works of assigned authors (not their biographies or other, non-assigned works). Your essays will be evaluated on factual correctness, the ability to directly answer the question, the ability to analyze, and the ability to make specific observations about the literary works, and writing ability (clarity and correctness). See “Division Grading Standards for Papers and In-Class Essays” in your syllabus. Essay Question:  “Throughout the semester, we’ve learned about authors who felt a strong sense of social responsibility and attempted to instill this sense in their readers. These authors focused on enacting social reform and encouraging their readers to become more inclusive, more egalitarian, and/or more humane. Discuss 2-3 authors from the assigned readings who wrote with the intention of enacting social change. Drawing from the assigned literary works from this class, what were their specific criticisms of American culture, and how did they attempt to persuade others to enact reform?  In your answer, briefly discuss at least one assigned work by each author and identify their arguments and strategies for enacting social reform. What did they wish to change about society, and how do they try to convince their audience to make these changes? Suggestions:  Bradstreet, Las Casas, Cooper, Douglass, Equiano, Freneau, Fuller, Jacobs, Thoreau, or Williams.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minster’s Black Veil,” how do the members of Mr. Hooper’s church respond to his wearing of the veil?

The following question pertains to Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener.”  Having accepted Bartleby’s eccentricities in exchange for his skills and industry as a copyist, what does the narrator learn about Bartleby’s actions one Sunday morning?

Identify the poet who wrote the following passage: And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;     So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating     “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—             This it is and nothing more.”

Anne Bradstreet’s poetry demonstrates the Puritan emphasis on humility.

Which writer stated that the death of a beautiful woman is the “most poetical topic” in literature?

TRUE or FALSE: In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin promotes the virtues of hard work and industry. 

TRUE or FALSE: Frederick Douglass had a birth certificate upon which his birthdate and father’s name were printed.

Identify the poet who wrote the following passage: God preaches, a noted Clergyman – And the sermon is never long, So instead of getting to Heaven, at last – I’m going, all along.

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