“Death Be Not Proud” (Donne) p. 916

Choose at least three of the following works of literature (one must come from each genre). Then in an essay that synthesizes at least three of the sources for support, take a position that defends or challenges this quote. Make certain that you take a position and that the essay centers on your argument. Use the sources to support your reasoning; avoid simply summarizing the sources. POETRY

“Death Be Not Proud” (Donne) p. 916

“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” (Jarrell) p. 374

“Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night” (Thomas) p. 496

“In a Station of the Metro” (Pound) on Google Presentation

“To the Virgins” (Herrick) p. 381

“To His Coy Mistress” (Marvell) p. 382

“Ode on a Grecian Urn” (Keats) p. 394

“Dulce et Decorum Est” (Owens) p. 407

“Dover Beach” (Arnold) p. 401

“A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” (Donne) p. 425

“Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Eliot) p. 570

(Shakespeare)

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” p. 492

“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” p. 586

“Let not marble nor gilded monuments” Handout

“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” p. 492

SHORT STORIES

“Killings” (Dubus) p. 60

“Bartleby, The Scrivener” (Melville) p. 101

“Soldier’s Home” (Hemingway) p. 133

“A & P” (Updike) p. 157

“Battle Royal” (Ellison) p. 180

“The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” (Crane) p. 198

“Popular Mechanics” (Carver) p. 228

“Eveline” (Joyce) p. 322

“Girl” (Kincaid) p. 326

“The Birthmark” (Hawthorne) Handout

“Good Country People” (O’Connor) Handout

DRAMA

Hamlet (Shakespeare) – Book

A Doll House (Ibsen) – p. 797