Symbolism in “The Birth Mark”, ““A&P”, and “The Story of an Hour”.

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In this essay you will choose symbols in two of the works*, and analyze how these symbols function in the works and what they reveal about the characters or themes of the works as a whole. You will be showing how the authors realized the theme/s or the “so what” through these symbols.Remember,you are always writing about the effect of the literary elements(in this case,symbols)on the work/s as a whole, and you would never simply mention them without regard to the effects upon the works as they are.

1500 words

MLA format only reference the readings.

The stories are “The Birth Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, ““A&P” by John Updike, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin.