Compare/ contrast two works listed in the syllabus:• Bhagavad-Gita by Miller (trans.). ISBN: 9780553213652. • Things Fall Apart by Achebe. ISBN: 9780385474542. • Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry by McClatchy (ed.). ISBN: 9780679741152. • Death and the King’s Horseman by Soyinka. ISBN: 9780393977615 You might focus on the setting, imagery, symbolism, characters, or theme. • Fate • Supernatural/ religion • Relationships • Gender roles/ attitudes to women • Death • Revenge Write a well-developed paper with a clear thesis that tells me something specific about these works. Outline your paper: one idea per paragraph. That one idea should advance your thesis and help me understand your point about the author's message. Quote from significant moments in the texts, and then follow up with your commentary. A common error is to summarize the stories: illuminate significant details or moments, but don't merely retell the story.

INSTRUCTIONS Compare/ contrast two works listed in the syllabus:• Bhagavad-Gita by Miller (trans.). ISBN: 9780553213652. • Things Fall Apart by Achebe. ISBN: 9780385474542. • Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry by McClatchy (ed.). ISBN: 9780679741152. • Death and the King’s Horseman by Soyinka. ISBN: 9780393977615 You might focus on the setting, imagery, symbolism, characters, or theme. • Fate • Supernatural/ religion • Relationships • Gender roles/ attitudes to women • Death • Revenge Write a well-developed paper with a clear thesis that tells me something specific about these works. Outline your paper: one idea per paragraph. That one idea should advance your thesis and help me understand your point about the author's message. Quote from significant moments in the texts, and then follow up with your commentary. A common error is to summarize the stories: illuminate significant details or moments, but don't merely retell the story. EXAMPLE THESIS Stubbornness is central to both Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Barbara Stoler Miller’s translation of The Bhagavad-Gita because the characters do not immediately act, even when threatened with notoriety and physical destruction. Name your topic, your two stories, and two subtopics. EXAMPLE OUTLINE Stubbornness in Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Barbara Stoler Miller’s translation of The Bhagavad-Gita I. Introduction = brief intro. and thesis II. Horseman – society condemns Elesin III. Horseman – Elesin’s death IV. Gita – Arjuna condemns himself V. Gita – the death of Arjuna’s delusion VI. Conclusion – rhetorical questions about the works? VII. Works Cited EXAMPLE WORK CITED Sexton, Anne. "Her Kind." Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008, p. 563. Double-space. Use a hanging indent.