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This test consists of 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The protagonist is the main character of the story. Write an essay discussing who the protagonist is in Howards End. Be sure to provide support for your argument. Consider the following questions: How do you know that this character is the protagonist? It may be useful to also name and discuss the antagonist of the story, or the person who is in opposition to the protagonist, creating the central conflict.
Essay Topic 2
What is the central conflict of Howards End? How does this conflict relate to the motif that Forster emphasizes throughout the novel? Write an essay discussing the conflict in Howards End, describing where the main characters fit into this conflict, how Forster's key motif relates to the conflict, and how the conflict reaches a climax and an unavoidable result at the end of the book.
Essay Topic 3
Discussions of gender occur throughout the novel Howards End. Write an essay describing how Forster incorporates discussions of gender into the novel, especially describing what literary techniques he uses (dialogue, exposition, figurative language, characterization, context, etc.) and what the key issues about gender are that occur in the novel. You may also want to address why these issues were important at the time the novel was written.
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