Harding 1 Auston Harding Angie Jacobs Freshman Comp 2 April 4th, 2014 Scope of Research for !

he "irth#$ar%&' A (eeper )oo% *c%stein, "arbara+ ,Ha-thorne.s ,!he "irthmar%,' Science And Romance As "elief+, Studies In Short Fiction 2/+4 011213' 411#411+Academic Search Complete+ 5eb+ 6 Apr+ 2014+ !his source co7ers A8lmar.s obsession -ith science+ 9t continues to e:plain ho- it becomes li%e a religion to him, and ho- it e7entuall8 corrupts and %ills his -ife, ;eorgiana+ !his source goes into depth about the man8 uses of s8mbolism in the short stor8, specificall8 -ith the science aspect of it+ !he source briefl8 e:plains some of the dualisms -ith the science part of the stor8 as -ell+ 9t -ill also help me -ith bac%ing up one of the themes 9 plan to use in the stor8+ !he information in the source is e:tensi7e enough+ !his academic <ournal is, in fact credible+ 9t is peer re7ie-ed and scholarl8+ 9t -as also found using a scholarl8 database+ !his source does not seem to reflect an8 sort of bias+ !he goal of the source is to e:plain the science portion of the stor8+ !his source is going to be in7aluable+ 9t -ill help -ith the e:planation of the man8 s8mbols and double meaning behind the science in the stor8+ 9t -ill be used in the research paper+ Fetterle8, Judith+ The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction. "loomington' 9ndiana =ni7ersit8 >ress, 11?2+ p+ 22#66+ >rint+

Harding 2 !his source is purel8 on feminist criticism+ 9t goes into depth on man8 points in the stor8 that relate to feminist theor8+ 9t goes from tal%ing about ;eorgiana being an ob<ect to A8lmar to metaphors used in the stor8 that can relate to feminism+ Some of the things in the section seem to be flabbergasted to an e:tent, but most of the information stated is sound+ !his source is credible and does not reflect an8 %ind of biased+ !his source is published and from a credible feminist author+ !he goal of the section is to sho- people of the man8 themes in !he "irth#$ar%& that can relate to feminist theor8+ !his is a 7er8 in7aluable piece of research+ 9t is the onl8 source 9 ha7e to e:plain the feminist criticism of the stor8+ 9 -ill be unable to ma%e m8 points on the sub<ect -ithout it+ 9t is the onl8 piece 9 could find that had an8 insight on feminist theor8+ !he source is going to be used in the paper+ Ha-thorne, @athaniel+ !he "irth#$ar%+& The Norton Introduction to Literature: 11th edition. Aell8 J+ $a8s+ @e- Bor%' 5+5+ @orton C Compan8, 9nc+, 2016+ p+ 210#601+ >rint+ !his source is the centerpiece of the essa8+ 9t is the stor8 of a scientist -ith a ;od comple:+ He is obsessed -ith controlling nature+ He finds one small imperfection -ith the -oman he is married to, a crimson birthmar%, and e7entuall8 con7inces her to get it remo7ed+ He ine7itabl8 is the cause of her death+ !his source does not reflect a bias and is credible because it is apart of m8 Freshman Comp 2 class+ As stated abo7e, this is the ultimate source in the paper+ 9t -ill be the basis of e7er8 one of m8 arguments+ !he stor8 is the main source used to bac% up m8 anal8Des+ 9 -ill be using the stor8 to anal8De some of the man8 s8mbols in the short stor8+ Another point that -ill be loo%ed at are

Harding 6 some of the themes in the stor8, one of -hich being the bout bet-een science and nature+ !he last thing 9 -ill be loo%ing at is feminist criticism+ 9 -ill be loo%ing at the man8 parts of the stor8 through a feminist 7ie-point+ Ho-ard, Jeffre8+ ,@athaniel Ha-thorne.s !H* "9R!H#$ARA+, Explicator ?0+2 020123' 166# 16/+ Academic Search Complete+ 5eb+ 6 Apr+ 2014+ !his source further e:plains s8mbolism+ !he s8mbolism in this article is not <ust science, but about s8mbols in general+ 9t e:plains the man8 different dualisms and s8mbols+ Ene big one includes the birthmar% itself+ Ho- it s8mboliDes nature and A8lmar.s obsession -ith remo7ing it is him tr8ing to correct -hat nature has done+ !his source does not seem to reflect an8 %ind of bias+ !his -ill be another in7aluable piece of research material+ 9 -ill be using it to help e:plain the s8mbols and dualisms that do not relate to the science aspects of the stor8+ !his source is credible+ 9t is peer re7ie-ed, scholarl8, and found on a research database+ !his source -ill be used in the actual research paper+ Rosenberg, )iD+ ,F!he "est !hat *arth Could Effer.' F!he "irth#$ar%,. A @e-l8-ed.s Stor8+, Studies In Short Fiction 60+2 011163' 144+ Academic Search Complete+ 5eb+ 4 Apr+ 2014+ !his source goes into depth about man8 things+ 9t goes o7er the moral standpoints of the stor8, for one+ Another point of interest, and probabl8 the most important, is the critiGue of the short stor8 in the feminist perspecti7e+ !he other perspecti7e that is used to critiGue it is biographical, but it does not go into enough depth to be used to the needed degree+ 9t goes into some depth

Harding 4 about the s8mbols and characteriDation of the stor8+ !he source does not reflect a bias+ 9t is credible because it is peer re7ie-ed and found on a research database+ !his -ill be the most 7aluable source in this research paper+ !his source -ill pro7e to be be8ond useful+ 9t holds more in depth information about some of the other sources in this research paper, -hile also e:plaining things that the other sources did not touch upon+ !his article -ill undoubtedl8 be used in the research paper+