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Assignment: History of Marriage & Role of Wives Research Paper

Research the history of marriage and the role of wives to contextualize marriage. Zora Neale Hurston and Stephen Crane are two American Authors who depict the institution of marriage in a small town. However, the lives of the two couples in "Sweat" and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" differ completely.

In a five-page MLA formatted paper, compare and evaluate the two married couples and using direct language from the texts discuss how wives and women are valued.

When you have identified specific details that show how the wives are valued, discuss the causes and/or the implications of this value. In other words, show critical thinking.

Consider how Crane depicts the wife and how Hurston depicts the wife. Do race and historical trauma play into the value depicted? How does the historical situation inform the experiences of the marriages.

Your paper will carefully compare, contrast, and analyze how the wives in each of these stories are valued, with careful attention to the language the authors use. Do not summarize the stories.

Do be sure to identify images, actions, and details of the story that reveal how women are valued. Use quotes when referring to the story.

Discuss the implications for the actions of each of the husbands and the actions of the wives. What are the authors communicating about marriage?

Offer an introduction that addresses the prompt and directly responds to the question. Your introduction will engage with the concepts in a clear thesis. Each body paragraph that follows the introduction will be organized with a clear topic sentence.Your conclusion will show the relevance of your discussion and offer a final affirmation of your scholarly inquiry.