Your paper must be a critical analysis of theme, character, or historical context with regard to the specific work you have chosen. Some questions to help you get started in thinking about this assignment:
· What does this work say about the time period it was written in? How was it influenced by the literary movements of the time? What were the literary conventions of the time that this work exemplifies or rebels against?
· Does the author's life and socioeconomic status help us understand this work better?
· What key political, social, or cultural issues does this work address? Is it a reaction to a specific event or a common cultural phenomenon of the time?
· Is the character stereotypical or does he or she have psychological complexity and depth? Does he or she grow or change as this work progresses? Does this character embody conventional thinking of the time? What key themes does this character force the reader to think about?
· Can you detect any subversive elements in this work?