Please write a 550 word essay in response to one (1) of the four (4) prompts below:

 1) What is the main metaphor at the heart of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage?" What is the comparison here? Are there metaphors and/or similes in the text that also support this comparison? What kinds of questions does this/these comparison(s) raise?

 2) Locate a symbol in Yeats' "The Second Coming" and interpret what it means in the context of the poem. How is this symbol related to the poem's theme?

3) Is the setting(s) in Lawrence's "Piano" significant to the overall theme of the poem? How? Why? ( Or, how not?  Why not? )

 4) Does Perkins Gilman provide readers with a feminist argument in "The Yellow Wall Paper?" If so, what is this argument? Should readers believe the narrator, or should they believe her husband and the others in the short story?

 Guidelines:

·         Times New Roman 12.

·         Must be in MLA Format (presented in a clean, professional manner).

·         Double-Spaced (No Extra Space Between Paragraphs).

·         Last Name and Page number in upper right margin.

·         Name, Class, Prof. Due Date Info in upper left corner.

·         1 inch/2.54 margins all around.

·         Must include a title.

·         Must include an introduction.

·         Must include a thesis statement.

·         Must include body paragraphs (topic sentence, body, summary/transition).

·         Must include a conclusion.

·         Must include proper MLA In-Text citations.

·         Must include textual evidence (at least one citation per body paragraph).

·         Must include Works Cited page.

·         You can exceed word count by 250 words if necessary.

·         No secondary sources.