Write a 5 pages, double-spaced essay in Times New Roman answering one of the following prompts, or pitch me your own prompt.
Have a Works Cited page if you use outside sources.
Please use MLA format for citations, Works Cited page, and paper formatting.
Make sure to use direct quotes and paraphrases from the texts themselves to support your assertions.
Tentative Prompts (pick one)
1.Research characteristics of an epic and demonstrate how The Aeneid and The Odyssey are examples of epics.
2. Explore the themes of social mobility and/or (e/im)migration in “The Story of Joseph” (and/or any of our other texts, like The Aeneid).
3. Research the significance of numbers in the ancient world. Which were sacred and why? You may either focus on one specific culture or compare certain numbers’ significance across several cultures. Show their symbolic use in one or more of our texts (The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Aeneid, The Odyssey, The Bible, etc.
4. Research hospitality to guests/travelers in the ancient world and show its importance in one or more of our texts (particularly The Aeneid, The Odyssey, The Bible, etc.)
5. Research the composition (how it was put together) of the Hebrew Bible (a.k.a. Old Testament) or the Christian New Testament or both. (Both is probably too big a task for 4-5 pages but you are welcome to write a longer paper.)
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