The Grave | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Research the role women played in Southern society in 1903, and discuss the various ways Porter highlights the fact that the children were living in a male-dominated society. Consider the image that emerges of Southern women in Porter's story and how this image reflects the times.
2. Comment on the repressed world of the South during the time Porter was a child and how this is reflected in her writing. Now compare it to the present. Have things changed much?
3. Read some biographical information on Porter, and write a paper comparing her life to the life of Miranda....
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