The Metamorphosis” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Stories

The Metamorphosis” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Stories

2 topic options

Select only one option. use only the readings below:

A Doll House” (827)

“The Story of an Hour (48)

“The Cask of Amontillado” (14)

“When I consider how my light is spent” (436)

“The Lady with the Dog” (50)

“The Metamorphosis” (90)

“Battle Royal” (203)

Topic

Compare or contrast how two stories discuss a similar theme.

– How do two stories discuss an idea similarly or differently?

Option 1

Compare or contrast how two stories discuss a similar theme.

How do two stories discuss an idea similarly or differently?

Option 2

Discuss how a story highlights a particular theme/concept/idea.

Essay requirements

3-4 pages

12 point font

Double spaced

Minimum of 4 in-text citations from the readings.

No outside resources are required. Just cite the poems.

Answer preview

Compare or contrast how two stories discuss a similar theme.

The two stories have different themes which appear in their narration although they are portrayed to appear differently. One of the themes that in the two stories but discussed in another way is that of the theme of mortality. This is the theme that discusses the matters between life and death. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” the whole narration seems to be an example of a horror story or a horror movie to the person who reads it. This is because the writer fills his narration with fixations on death, corpses, and bones. As the two characters were heading down the catacomb, there…

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