Outline for my essay: “The Yellow Wallpaper” Charlotte Gilman and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Intro:
- Introduce the genre of Gothic Fiction.
- Incorporate the specific aspects of Gothic Fiction that I will use to prove my thesis.
- Add my thesis according to the stories I’ve chosen.
- Define terror and its significance to my thesis.
- Define horror and its significance to my thesis as well.
Body: The Yellow Wallpaper
- A brief summary of the story The Yellow Wallpaper.
- Bring in the gothic terms of terror and horror and how they work into the story to prove thesis.
- Talk about the terror aspect that is shown in the story.
- Give evidence from the text.
- Connect back to thesis
Body: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Give a brief summary of the Story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
- Bring in the gothic terms of terror and horror and incorporate how they work into the story to prove thesis.
- Talk more about how the aspects of terror and horror are shown within the story with provided evidence from the text.
- Connect back to thesis.
Conclusion:
- Summarize the stories and how they connect with my thesis.
- Bring back the points I made to further prove my thesis once more.
- Then conclude with a brief summary on how terror and horror were key factors in both stories.
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