Essay 3

  

Write 4 pages WITHOUT cover page and reference page, double-spaced essay with 1-inch margins that engages with Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno Pages 1511-1568. Specifically, I would like you to do the following: 1) Explain the story’s themes as they reflect resistance, slavery, antislavery, education, sins and religion. and 2) Use two of the following texts:

1- William Wells Brown, The Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown Pages: 933-937

2- Edgar Allen Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher Pages: 629-642

as a brief basis of comparison, answering the question, “How does our knowledge of slavery enhance our understanding of Benito Cereno?” 

THE BOOK is which is going to be used is: The Norton Anthology American Literature 9th Edition 1820-1865

You should do the following:

· Introduce the themes they’re discussing in a clear manner

· Provide a valid and relevant comparison with another text

· AVOID too much summary; assume that your audience has knowledge of the text in question, and instead FOCUS on ANALYZING the scene 

· CITE specific descriptions and lines of dialogue from the text