Essay Topic 1
There is an early comment in the text that “Matthew’s scientific tests had revealed genetic markers for the magical potential in [Diana’s] blood” (7). What effect does the comment have upon the passage in which it is found? Upon the novel as a whole? What in the text leads to that conclusion? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 2
Marlowe remarks that “Matthew cannot keep playing Odysseus to [Diana’s] Circe” (23). Explicate the analogy; that is, explain why Matthew takes the place of Odysseus relative to Diana, the witch, being likened to Circe.
Essay Topic 3
Diana muses on the difficulties of handwriting, noting that she had worked long to be able to read letters she had trouble writing (32). What does the musing say about the relationship between study and experience? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 4
Consider the comments about The Faerie Queene that...
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