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Thematic Analysis of Revolt of a mother by Mary Eleanor Wilkins
· The research paper is not
significantly different from the first essay: a deductive essay that analyzes
the theme of one of the stories or plays with which we have been working. In
fact, you may use the first essay as the foundation for the research paper. You
may simply develop your discussion with commentary from secondary sources (published
commentary on the story or play) and then document those sources. You will be
required to use at least five secondary sources.
·You will be required to use parenthetical notation to document quotations from the primary source (story or play) and secondary sources (published commentary). MLA Citation Work Cited page Single
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The
first theme is that of guilt. Two
characters show it; Adoniram and Sammy. When Sarah asks Adoniram what is
getting built in the nearby fields after she sees men digging, he is reluctant
to reply (The Revolt of Mother Themes). This is because he remembers the promise he made her
40 years ago about the new house getting built on those very fields. The author
says, “The old man glanced doggedly at
his wife as he tightened the last buckles on the harness. ‘I want to know what them men are diggin'
over there in that field for.’ ‘They're diggin' a cellar, I s'pose, if
you've got to know. ‘A cellar for what?’
‘A
barn.’ ‘A barn? You ain't goin' to build a barn over there where we was goin'
to have a house, father?’ (Wilkins, 43-44). Despite the guilt Adoniram
feels, he refuses to answer his wife's question about the construction of the
house and instead walks away from her.
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