ESSAY: SWIFT AND GOLDSMITH Both Goldsmith and Swift condemned the evils of their age, but they often attacked different vices and used different approaches in doing so.

Instructions:
Write an essay of at least 900 words comparing (finding similarities) or contrasting (finding differences in) their approach to social criticism.

Begin your paper with one statement that summarizes how these two authors are being compared or contrasted (a thesis statement).
Follow this introduction with your supporting argument made up of reasons and examples to make the comparison or contrast clear.
Before you begin to write your own paper, write an outline using one of the following methods of organization:
Arrange your argument by points of comparison (or contrast). For example, if you decide that both authors are alike in their condemnation of stray dogs and lice, you will first discuss how Swift deals with dogs; then, how Goldsmith does. After that point is dealt with, you will discuss how Swift deals with lice; and then, how Goldsmith does. This approach is called an alternating method.
Collect your data and present it in chart form such as a bar graph or a Venn diagram (as shown

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects