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Questiоn 2Chооse 1 from the list below аnd discuss in 300 words. (25 points) Explаin how “Young Goodmаn Brown” is an allegory of Calvinism. Explain how Bartleby is a passive resistor. Explain how both “Araby” and “The Dead” are initiation stories with epiphanies of paralysis. How does Tan use the metaphor of the opponent with both chess and the mother- daughter relationship? Discuss Bierce’s treatment of time in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Is Charlie Wales genuinely reformed and ready to be a father, or an unreliable narrator? Discuss oppressive patriarchy and postpartum depression in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Discuss appearance versus reality in “Paul’s Case.” Discuss critic John L. Marsh’s “The Psycho-Sexual Reading of ‘Fall of the House of Usher’” (available at eapoe.org). Did Granny truly “weather all,” or has her whole life been spent in denial of the trauma from being jilted? Discuss materialism versus authenticity in “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” Discuss the couple’s conflicting views of their relationship and the choice they face in “Hills Like White Elephants.” Explain how Viramontes’ moths transform the gritty realism of washing the dead into Magical Realism. Explain how music functions both as the symbol of suffering and as a bridge toward reconciliation in “Sonny’s Blues.” Discuss shoe symbolism regarding the boy, the father, and the tramp in “Blackberry Winter.” Discuss the conflict between personal and political duty in “Guests of the Nation.”