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Assignment - Choose three of the following questions and answer them.
Q1: Compare the idea of the "American Dream" in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, "I, too" by Langston Hughes, and "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.
Q2: Define "alienation" using two or three of the following works - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and "Sunday Morning" by Wallace Stevens.
Q3: Explain how gender plays a role in "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell and "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright.
Q4: How is death perceived differently (and/or the same) by Emily Dickinson in "Because I could not stop for death," Randall Jarrell in "Death of a Ball Turret Gunner," e.e. cummings in "Buffalo Bill's," and/or Gwendolyn Brooks in "We Real Cool?" (choose between 2-4 of these examples)
Q5: Explain how American Literature has grown to accommodate different voices and different forms, using at least three examples from the class.
Q6: How do Americans see themselves in the mirror of literature? Use three examples from the class to support your claim.