Write a 500-750 word essay on one of the following topics.The word count does not include formatting or the works cited page.

Write a critical analysis of one of the works from weeks 1or 2. An overview of approaches can be found here, but many are quitestraightforward. Psychological, gender, sociological, biographical, andhistorical are all approaches that many use naturally in viewing a work

Your essay should be formatted in MLA style, including doublespacing throughout. All sources should be properly cited both in the text andon a works cited page. As with most academic writing, this essay should bewritten in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) andsecond person (you, your).

In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name,the professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment onconsecutive lines. Double space your information from your name onward, anddon’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New Roman font with12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around your paper. Allparagraph indentations should be indented five spaces (use the tab key) fromthe left margin. All work is to be left justified. When quoting lines inliterature, please research the proper way to cite short stories, plays, orpoems.

Works to choose from:

Mark Twain, “War Prayer”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Robert Frost: “Mending Wall”

Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory”

Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Miniver Cheevy”