Discuss the novel’s ending. Do you think someone pushed Clare? What would someone have to gain by pushing Clare? Use examples from the text/film to support your interpretation.

Literary Analysis

Length: 3-5 Pages

Write an analysis about Nella Larsen’s Passing. Use examples from the Larsen text/film to support your points.

Focus on either one or several implied arguments conveyed in the text/film in order to make your case for what you thought happened at the end of the text/film. Reflect upon points such as the context of this time in history in the 1920’s Harlem Renaissance, race relations in U.S history, class consciousness, politics, education, etc. Are the arguments conveyed directly or indirectly? How does the text/film convey these arguments?

Examples of implied arguments:

“Passing presents two women, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, who make very different choices yet whose lives intertwine in startling ways. Compare the characters of each. What are each woman’s strengths? Her weaknesses? What are each woman’s attitude toward race? How do these attitudes influence the novel’s plot?” (205-206).

Discuss the novel’s ending. Do you think someone pushed Clare? What would someone have to gain by pushing Clare? Use examples from the text/film to support your interpretation.

“Certain critics have suggested that an erotic attachment exists between Irene and Clare. Do you agree with this reading?” (206). Provide evidence from the text/film to support your case for or against this interpretation.

Requirements:

4-6 full pages in MLA style (one-inch margins, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point-font)

Catchy title is centered at the top

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