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How does the idea of the monster / supernatural evolve throughout the time periods and works we’ve studied this year?
Minimum of five sources in your MLA formatted Works Cited Page
MLA format In-Text Citations in your paper from each source
should be a sentence or two - general, interesting statement about the topic
Thesis - the argument you are making about your topic
3 MAIN POINTS - you will use to support your thesis.
The Tyger
The lamb
The chimney sweeper
Coleridge Samuel Taylor
The rime of ancient mariner
Kubla Khan the rime of the ancient mariner
Frankenstein
Sonnet the world is to much with us
I wandered lonley as a cloud
For music
Stanza and meter
Odento the west wind
To a sky lark
On first looking into chapmans homer
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Ode in a grecian urn
Pride and prejudice
Works Cited:
Blake, William. "The Tyger." Songs of Experience, 1794.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Frankenstein, 1818.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Lyrical Ballads, 1798.
Wordsworth, William. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Lyrical Ballads, 1807.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice, 1813.
In-text citation example: In William Blake's "The Tyger," the image of the violent, fearsome creature challenges traditional ideas of beauty and innocence.
Thesis: Throughout the time periods and works we have studied, the concept of the monster/supernatural has evolved from being a source of fear and terror to one of complexity and deeper philosophical exploration.
1. In William Blake's "The Tyger" and "The Lamb," the monsters represent opposing forces of creation and destruction, reflecting the duality of human nature.
2. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the monster is portrayed as both a victim of society's rejection and a reflection of mankind's hubris in playing god, challenging traditional ideas of morality and responsibility.
3. In the Romantic works of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the supernatural and monstrous elements serve as a means of exploring the sublime and the interconnectedness of nature, leading to a more nuanced understanding of the mysterious and unknown.