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Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting is the time and place in which the novel is set, including historical, geographic and location-specific details.

- What is the setting of Howards End?

- Do you know the setting because the author states this implicitly or because it is inferred from details about the time and place?

- How does the setting affect the telling of this story?

- If you change the setting, would the story still make sense or is it dependent on the setting?

Write an essay discussing how Forster created the setting in Howards End, answering all the questions above, providing specific examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

A motif is a recurring theme or image an author uses to emphasize a point. Discuss a motif in Howards End, providing examples from the story of where the motif occurs. Explain why you think the author uses this recurring theme and what effect this repetition has on the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Find specific examples of foreshadowing in Howards End, making note of when these events occur. Write an essay analyzing the author's use of foreshadowing, discussing why those events are or are not effective. Why does an author use foreshadowing? Use at least three examples from the text to support your discussion.

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