There should be a total of 5 well written paragraphs for each of the four question!!

For each answer, please remember to respond accordingly:

Each essay is worth a possible 10 points, and as there are 4 questions, there are 40 points possible upon completion of all four questions.

Please paste all four answers in one discussion thread. Thank you.

As for all essays in this class, this week’s reply must be 5 complete 5-7 paragraph essays,  each with

Introduction

3-5 body paragraphs that follow the paragraph plan (main idea/cited evidence (a quote from the literature that you mine as you read..and complete with full MLA citation on where you found it)

Conclusion

MLA Works Cited

If you use any facts, remember to use only academic sources, so no reliance on study guide sources or Wikipedia.

Remember, too, not to use I–no first person.

Remember, too, that no late work, as usual, is accepted, so please make sure to post all 4 answers no later than midnight, Eastern time, Week 6, for grading consideration. Thank you.

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 Each response should be about 250 words or more. Note that each essay must be 5-7 paragraphs, in full MLA format

1. Judith Sargent Murray wrote about what she called the independent female mind. Based on your readings in the Introduction section on Murray and her writings, does her view of equality for women mirror the issues women’s rights advocates rally for today? If so, how? If not, how is Murray different and why. As always be specific and quote from the text to support your position. (worth a possible 10 points)

Each response should be about 250 words or more. Note that each essay must be 5-7 paragraphs, in full MLA format

 2. Philip Freneau is known as a great journalist and poet of the Early Republic, though, as we learn from the Introduction section on him in our textbook, his talents didn’t exactly make him a millionaire.  However, Freneau’s position in life did give him access to education and experiences that helped him to craft various writings and poems that are often seen as visionary in nature. Based on what we read in our book, was Freueau a tolerant friend of the Native Peoples? Is so, why? If not, why not? As always, support your ideas with quotes from his writings. (worth a possible 10 point).

Each response should be about 250 words or more. Note that each essay must be 5-7 paragraphs, in full MLA format

 3. Phillis Wheatley wrote about great persons of her time and gained fame as a published writer at a time when few women enjoyed such accomplishments, particularly enslaved women.  Based on what we’ve read about Wheatley in the Introduction and in her own writings, was she one of America’s first Nationalistic writers? If so, how? If not, why not? You may want to define the term ‘literary nationalism’ as you begin your essay and discuss how Wheatley’s work does or does not fit this definition as you develop your essay.  (worth a possible 10 points),

Each response should be about 250 words or more. Note that each essay must be 5-7 paragraphs, in full MLA format

 4. We begin this portion of the course where we started–with Native voices.   By the 1700s, negotiations between settlers and Native peoples are active, engaged, and often quite bloody, as we learn from reading the Native American writings in our textbook on Negotiations and Resistance.  Based on your readings of that section (Norton Volume 1, 9th Edition, pgs. 985-996), can you see evidence of these text being ‘bi-cultural composites,’ of texts based on what the Indian said but rendered in English translation by English translators. Again, be specific, and quote from the readings to evidence your stance. (worth a possible 10 points).