The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thesis: While there are many takes on this novel, the theme of how beauty is depicted as a blessing and curse is very apparent throughout the story. Dorian doesn’t know yet the full blessing of his beauty until lord Henry tells him. Dorian becomes infatuated with the painting of himself, but ones beauty doesn’t necessarily reflect true character.
Research papers will have a body of seven to ten (7-10) pages. The paper must also have an outline, and Works Cited page. (These pages are NOT considered as part of the body page count.) You will find a sample research paper, including a sample Works Cited page at the Purdue OWL website. The order of pages in the paper is outline, body of paper, works cited. These are all to be saved and sent to me as one document.
The final Works Cited page will contain seven to eight (7-8) sources.The sources will be derived from appropriate books, periodicals, etc., to denote variety of sources used. Cliffs Notes, Masterplots, Monarch Notes, essays from paper mills, Wikipedia, and all other similar sources are NOT appropriate. Each of the sources used in the Works Cited must be used at least once in the research paper.
You are to follow MLA format and documentation as described at the Purdue OWL site and also in Writing for Success Chapter 13.
Use direct quotations sparingly (no more than 25% of the paper).
Be sure topic is sufficiently limited.
Use third person only.
Literary essays use present tense.
All words should be spelled correctly and errors in sentence structure eliminated.
The level of diction should be formal (no slang, contractions, jargon, or technical terms without definition).
The paper should be well written and scholarly.
All borrowed information must be noted whether quoted or paraphrased.
