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Longer Fiction & Drama Introduction

Question 1
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How does postcolonial criticism inform readers' comprehension of Antoinette Cosway's identity crisis in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea based on Bertha Mason from Jane Eyre?

Question 2
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What does the sophistication category in the scoring rubric for a literary analysis essay assess?

Question 3
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What kind of central conflict can be seen in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" where Harry must defeat Voldemort to save the wizarding world?

Question 4
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What is the significance of accounting for alternative interpretations of the selected work in a literary analysis essay?

Question 5
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In literature, when an author places an epilogue after the climax, what is its most likely purpose?

Question 6
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What aspect of post-colonial theory can be applied to analyze power dynamics in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"?

Question 7
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How does F. Scott Fitzgerald use diction in "The Great Gatsby" when describing Gatsby’s parties to illustrate his critique on the excesses of the Roaring Twenties?

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Question 8
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What is the purpose of commentary in a literary analysis essay?

Question 9
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In examining Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment," which historical context most significantly influences Raskolnikov's theory of being a “superior man”?

Question 10
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In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," how does ambiguity serve a purpose within the play?