Prof Bruce Taylor
Eng 274
MIDTERM ENG 274
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On the day of the exam 11/2 @ 3:30 I will send an email to you with instructions as
to which writing prompt you will be responding to. I need your response emailed back
by 4:45 pm
Please reply by hitting reply (NOT Reply to All) and cut and paste your exam into
the email, making sure your name is within the email not just as sender
Why I Live at the PO Eudora Welty
I Stand here Ironing Tillie Olsen
Revolt of Mother Mary Wilkins Freeman
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter
Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Choose One
1. Choose at least three of these stories where you feel “setting” is of
particular importance and explain how and why
Why I Live at the PO Eudora Welty
I Stand here Ironing Tillie Olsen
Revolt of Mother Mary Wilkins Freeman
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter
Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2. Discuss the presentation of male characters within these stories and how
and why this effect your reading of them.
Why I Live at the PO Eudora Welty
I Stand here Ironing Tillie Olsen
Revolt of Mother Mary Wilkins Freeman
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter
Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman
3. Compare and/or contrast one of the two pairs of stories below. How do
these similarities and differences influence your reading of these
stories.:
a. Why I Live at the P0 Eudora Welty and I Stand here Ironing
Tillie Olsen
b. Revolt of Mother Mary Wilkins Freeman c , and The Jilting of
Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter
c.
4. Using all the stories discuss the types of main characters you find. Are
there “typical” characters and what makes them so? What character (s)
seem to be particularly different and why?
Prof Bruce Taylor
Eng 274
Tips and hints
 Don’t waste time retelling the plot for its own sake, I know the plot.
 If you chose a multi story question you probably shouldn’t structure it on
a text by text basis.
 Feel free to cite page numbers from the text.
 Secondary sources are allowed, however must be appropriately cited
and your essay would need a works cited page. MLA format is the
civilized way of course, but do it as you’ve been taught. Failure to cite
sources is plagiarism and will be treated as such.