Jove and Europa & Apollo and Daphne
Your essay will be an argument paper, comparing any two of our texts from the first half of our reading list, and demonstrating the value of your comparison.That value could be almost anything—a question of worth (Love poem A is a better love poem than love poem B; a matter of style (ketchup imagery in play x is much clearer than ketchup imagery in play y)
Your paper MUST be organized as follows: an introduction which contains and explains your main point and describes the steps of your logic in reaching this conclusion; each step of your reasoning becomes a separate section of your paper, and each section compares both texts in terms of that singular idea, with evidence drawn ONLY from the texts in question, and consisting of fully explained relevant quotation, rather than paraphrase or summary.