Write an APA-formatted essay of 1000 words comparing gender roles in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles with gender roles in the 21st century. The play can be found at the following site: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10623/10623-h/10623-h.htm#TRIFLES (Links to an external site.)
This essay should:
make specific and obvious points of comparison between the two topics
be 1000 words long
have an explicit thesis statement, with the main idea (the topic of the paper) and a controlling idea (what you, as the author, is saying about the topic)
include an integrated, direct quote from the text to support the thesis in each of the body paragraphs
be written using APA formatting guidelines
use APA guidelines for citation, both in-text and on a References page
write in 3rd-person only
be submitted as a MS Word .docx file
This essay must contain properly formatted APA citations and references. References used should be no older than 2012. One reference is the play. Other references can be those presented to you or others you may find. Online only dot gov, dot org, dot edu, and dot net websites are acceptable. Dot coms and Wikipedia are not acceptable.
Tips:
Thesis: The essay that follows contains (a)a discussion of gender roles in Glaspell’s Trifles, (b) discussion gender roles today, and (c) a comparison between the two.
Body paragraph: #1. The second paragraph should have the following: •A level one heading that corresponds to (a) in the thesis statement •A topic sentence •Supporting evidence •Analysis of the evidence •Transition to next paragraph
#2. The third paragraph should have the following: •A level one heading that corresponds to (b) in the thesis statement •A topic sentence •Supporting evidence •Analysis of the evidence •Transition to next paragraph
#3. The fourth paragraph should have the following: •A level one heading that corresponds to (c) in the thesis statement •A topic sentence •Supporting evidence •Analysis of the evidence •Transition to next paragraph
The conclusion should have a level one heading. The conclusion should contain a summary of the essay and should not introduce any new information. The essay must be written in 3rdperson.