Process Paper due Oct. 20

Process Paper – Unit One “The Hero’s Journey”
Choose one of the following options and compose a well organized essay.
1. Explore Grendel as the archetypal Anti-Hero. How does he fit into this character archetype. What aspects of his character contradict this archetype? Use examples and quotes from the text to support your answer. Do not merely summarize the plot.

2. Compare/contrast the Miller and the Wife of Bath from Canterbury Tales. How does Chaucer characterize these two pilgrims? How do their views of life differ from one another? Use examples and quotes from the text to support your answer. Do not merely summarize the plot (you must address BOTH characters).

3. Numbers often have significant meanings (lucky number 7, unlucky number 13, etc.) Explore the motif of the number 3 throughout Dante’s Inferno. Where is it used, how is it used and why is it used? What significance does that number have to the overall message of the poem? Use examples and quotes from the text or outside research sources to support your statement. Do not merely summarize the plot.

This paper is to be completed entirely outside of class. As with all process papers, you will be expected to adhere to standard MLA formatting and citations. Any source that you use (including the text) needs to be cited. The length requirement for this paper is as long as you need to make your statement and support it using examples from the text…probably around 3 pages. This paper must be submitted to Safe Assign on Blackboard and a hard copy is due in class on Monday, October 20th.