No additional sources. A 6 page paper that provides an overview of the darker elements in the writings of Joyce Carol Oates. A number of her stories are used as examples to illustrate points being made. Bibliography lists 4 sources. A 3 page discussion of what made this protagonist a hero and why.
Writer is both personal and persuasive.
A five page paper looking at this 1983 play by American playwright Marsha Norman. The paper suggests that the two identities of the protagonist in this play are a metaphor for the dual realities women experienced in the 1960s and 1970s. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 5 page paper looking at this Pulitzer prize-winning play by Marsha Norman. The paper contends that although the ostensible subject of the play is suicide, it actually deals with the search for truth and the necessity of dismantling the illusions that prevent us from reaching our potential.