Essay Question (100 points) Respond to one of the following prompts in at least 500 words. This essay needs to be in MLA format and have an introduction, body, and conclusion. This essay should also include in-text citations. Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your argument. Content and grammar will be evaluated.
1. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a Colonial text. What does the text teach us about the attitudes of the colonists?
2. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a Trickster text. What does the text teach us about the attitudes of certain Native American tribes?
3. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of an Enlightenment text.
4. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a Puritan text. What does the text teach us about the attitudes of the Puritans?
5. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a captivity narrative What does the text teach us about the attitudes of the captives?
6. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a Dark Romantic or Gothic text.
7. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a Realism text
8. Pick one of the texts we have read so far this semester and explain how that text is an example of a folk tale.
