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Essay Information: Writing a Textual Analysis – Essay #2
Read the essay “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich – p. 664-673
in your text.In essay form, answer questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 on p. 674.
1. What is the purpose of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s textual analysis of her slogan? What point is she trying to make with the analysis? How does her point relate to her purpose?
2. How does Ulrich begin her essay? How does the opening relate to how the essay ends? How effective is her beginning in drawing the reader to her analysis of the slogan, “Well-behaved women seldom make history”?
3. Ulrich discusses the ambiguity of her slogan, noting that some read it as referring to the lack of women in histories or the lack of histories about women, whereas others read it as meaning that only by “misbehaving” do women make history. How does she relate this ambiguity to the broader issue of how history in general is written? Identify two examples she provides to illustrate the complexities of writing history.
4. What kind of support does Ulrich offer as evidence of the points she makes? Select three pieces of evidence in the essay and discuss how effective each is in supporting the point it is intended to support.
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