Research paper on Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Find at least four commentaries (articles, interviews, overviews, critical essays, etc.) about the story, novel, or play and take notes or highlight the parts that help in your understanding. You should use at least two substantial quotations from each commentary in your paper. I encourage you to use more than four commentaries (sources). Keep in mind that your research should focus on the literature itself, not on the author, though you may find articles in which the author (writer of the primary source) discusses the story, novel, or play, or you may find that the author′s own life is relevant to the story in a very specific way. The primary source (the story, novel, or play) does not count as one of the four commentaries (secondary sources). This means that you will have at least five sources (including the primary work itself) listed in your works cited. Writing the Paper Begin your paper with a brief discussion of the primary source itself—who the author is, when it was published, and a very succinct (no more than a couple of sentences) precis or synopsis of the work. [unique_solution]Then you need to provide your thesis: this would be a sentence or sentences which synthesize what you have found out about your source in the commentaries. Then discuss each commentary (source) in a full paragraph for each source, letting the reader know what the critics have said about your story, novel, or play. You may summarize the main points of each commentary, but I would like at least one significant quote from each commentary. When you quote, you need to discuss the quote in your own words immediately after the quote. Be sure to cite all summaries and quotes in correct, current MLA format. Use clear transition words/phrases to connect your commentaries and ideas. Do not break up your essay into sections with each commentary as a section title. Your essay should flow together as one clear document with proper transitions that connect your ideas and paragraphs logically and fluidly. The end of your essay should give an overall synthesis of what the commentaries say about your primary source. NOTE: Please do NOT use the first person (I, me, my, mine, and personal opinions or experiences) in this essay. It should be written in third person, academic format.Include a Works Cited list at the end of the paper, listing all sources alphabetically, using MLA documentation format. Be sure to list your primary source (the story, play, or novel you are writing about). You must follow MLA format exactly. If you need help, let me know. You may wish to pick up a handout at the library or consult the following website: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/