write an essay that demonstrates your ability to synthesize information and make inferences in support of ideas and arguments about the literary works that we’ve read so far

Essay Assignment OnePurpose: The purpose of this assignment is to write an essay that demonstrates your ability to synthesize information and make inferences in support of ideas and arguments about the literary works that we’ve read so far (Gilgamesh, ancient Egyptian poems, and Hebrew Bible readings). Essays should cite examples from the literary texts from the textbook: The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th edition, vol A – C, ISBN: 978-0393265903 as evidence for your arguments and observations. Do NOT use research from secondary sources for this assignment.Skills: This assignment will help you practice the following skills that are essential to your success in this course and other academic and professional pursuits:understanding and appropriately responding to assignment instructionsapplying the steps of the writing processcomposing a strong, clear thesisproducing paragraphs that are focused and offer strong support for the thesisevaluating the merit of ideasusing appropriate literary terminology while analyzing literaturesupporting an argument using effective examples from literary textsKnowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the followingimportant content knowledge in this discipline:how to invent, develop, draft, revise, edit, and proof your writinghow to stay on topic while developing supporthow to compose a strong, clear thesishow to create a well-organized, coherent essayunderstanding literature in its historical and cultural contextTask: Write a 500 word MLA format essay that responds to ONE of the following topics as it relates to the literary works that we’ve read so far from the textbook: The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 4th edition, vol A – C, ISBN: 978-0393265903 (Gilgamesh, ancient Egyptian poems, and Hebrew Bible readings):1) Consider the role gender plays in early literature. Are there differences or similarities among these early texts? Explain.2) Compare the similarities and dissimilarities between the characteristics attributed to the gods in early literature. What insights can we gain from the various depictions of gods in these early texts?3) Consider the tropes, i.e. repeated themes, images, character types, plot devices, literary devices, etc., that recur in multiple readings, e.g. good vs evil. Identify the three most important tropes these early texts share and argue why they are significant.Criteria for Success: Completed essays must:follow the assignment instructions written under the “Task” bullet pointuse MLA formatting, 12 pt Times New Roman font, double-space, 1-inch marginsbe no fewer than 500 wordsdemonstrate understanding of standard written Englishuse a tone appropriate for an academic essaybe saved as a MS Word file (.docx or .doc)be submitted on time to the correct submission folder in D2L