Read Fletcher and Ollie McGee's epitaphs from Spoon River Anthology and read "The Story of an Hour." Respond to the following questions using evidence from the texts to support your answers. Spoon River Anthology

What do you know about Ollie and Fletcher McGee as individuals and as husband and wife after reading their epitaphs? Answer the question in a paragraph of 4-6 sentences, using evidence from the text to support your response.
"The Story of an Hour"

How does Mrs. Mallard feel when she thinks of her life after her husband's death? Why does she feel this way? Answer the questions in a paragraph of at least 4 sentences, using evidence from the text to support your response.
Compare Spoon River Anthology and "The Story of an Hour" and Make a Modern Connection

Respond to the following prompt in a 6–8 sentence paragraph. Remember to use evidence from each text to support your response.

Writers often use their texts to make a comment on society. Think of a modern text (poem, story, novel, movie, or television show) that explores marriage. In what ways are the characters Ollie McGee from Spoon River Anthology, Mrs. Mallard from "The Story of an Hour," and the character from your modern text similar? How does each character feel about her marriage and about her husband? What is each writer saying about marriage through their characters?

Remember to use evidence from each text to support yourresponse.In what ways are the characters Ollie McGee fromSpoon RiverAnthologyand Mrs. Mallard from"The Story of an Hour"similar?How does each character feel about her marriage and about herhusband? How do these feelings reflect the lives of women in 19thand early 20th century America?“Never to be told, robbed me of my youth and my beauty;” Ollie wasaccusing her husband of abuse. She stated how he robbed her of heryouth and beauty. After her death she felt avenged because “But whatthink you gnaws at my husband's heart? The face of what I was, theface of what he made me! These are driving him to the place where Ilie. In death, therefore, I am avenged.” Mrs. Mallard was alsoaccusing her husband of abuse and felt free only after her death whenOllie McGee only felt free after her death. They both felt trapped intheir marriages.Both women truly were free when they were bothdead. They both did not appreciate their marriages and felt as if theywere robbed of simple freedoms. In the 19thand 20thcenturies womenwere thought of as property and the highest bidder was to win them.These women were exactly that property to their husbands.

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for this, you need to remember something significant in your own life, for example, if you were bullied when you were younger, you can mention your memories on this and touch on how such treatment can harm other kids your age either physically or mentally. (racism, car crashes, a parent in the hospital are all very good subjects, think hard on it! )

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the correct answer is the name of the author of the quotation appears at the text leading up to it   apex 2018