Research paper title: The significance of the social and economic
environment in Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome.
Requirements
Paper must be 10-15 pages long, double-spaced, in size 12, Times
New Roman font. (NOT including bibliography and title page!).
● Paper must have the ENTIRE essay title/question written at the
top.
● Paper must have your name at the top.
● Paper must contain plenty of quotations from the Primary material
you are working with (‘Ethan Frome’).
● Paper must contain TWO quotations from two DIFFERENT
SECONDARY SOURCES. This could include biographies on the
authors, or academic books and essays about their work.
● Paper must have a bibliography/works cited page at the back with
all the books, Primary and Secondary, that you have used, properly
cited. You do NOT need your annotations underneath the citations
anymore, so don’t forget to delete them!
● Don’t forget to do in-text citations for all sources within the paper
(author’s last name and the page number). Use the MLA style.
Things to AVOID:
● General introductions about life and the world we live in that don’t
immediately reference the literature under discussion.
● Informal or chatty language.
● Contractions (i.e don’t, can’t, they’re etc).
● Avoid narrating the story! Analyze ideas and quotations instead.
● Try to avoid the 1
st person.
● Try to avoid passing judgment on the characters. Maintain an aloof
and academic tone.
