Your research paper should be an argumentative essay that makes a specific claim (This means that you are saying something that reasonable people could disagree with and you are utilizing at least one of the strategies of literary analysis we've discussed to analyze one or more texts we have read in this class.)

CLAIM- The claim I want to make about the works is that both women are battling psychological issues. Unlike Emily, Minnie is married; however they’re both lonely and depressed women who want to be loved.

THESIS: Using the psychological and gender strategies in analyzing “A Jury for Her Peers” and “A Rose for Emily” I plan to reveal the impact that loneliness has on one’s mental state.