Compare the representation of male friendship in Tennyson’s In Memoriam with the portrayal of female friendships in either Brontë’s Jane Eyre or Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” considering the ways in which these friendships either affirm or resist discourses of heteronormativity.
I am open to switching the topics around, it can be In Memoriam and Jane Eyre or Goblin Market.
Please note that this is an exercise in close reading and textual comparison: use of secondary sources is, therefore, strongly discouraged.
All papers must be in the form of a Word-formatted document (.doc or .docx), in legible 12-point font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins all around. Add your last name and page number in the upper right-hand corner of each page after the first, and use a heading consisting of your name, my name, and course name in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. Center the title of your paper two lines down (every paper must have a title): a separate cover page is not necessary.