please select from one of the three prompts below to build your outline. Keep in mind the outline will be a step in drafting paper one. Prompt #1: What are some examples of mental illness found in “A Rose for Emily” and “The Fall of the House of Usher?” What are the dangers associated

with the mental illness found in the stories? What impact does illness have on the characters and those around them? Please use quotations from your two short stories to support your claims. Prompt #2: What is a gothic story? What makes a gothic story a subgenre of horror? Using

the conventions of the gothic, please explain how both “A Rose for Emily” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” belong to this category of genre. Please use quotations from your two short stories to support your claims. Prompt #3: What is a short story? What makes a short story? How can the Aristotelian elements of plot, character, theme, language, and rhythm explain how our two readings create a story? Do the elements have

more similarities or differences between the stories? What or what not does this do for the readings? Please use quotations from your two short stories to support your claims. Keep in mind that no matter which option you choose, the paper must be a minimum of four to six full pages – not

including the MLA works cited. Also, the paper must have a minimum of four sources No matter how many poems/short stories that you use, you must have an additional six outside research sources.