The ideal of the Southern Belle represented the core values and qualities of the traditional Southern American Dream. Yet beyond the pretty, flamboyant exterior were serious issues that revealed devastating problems in the South which could no longer be ignored. Your assignment is to analyze the ideal of the Southern Belle and its relationship to the traditional Southern American Dream. Here are your requirements (it is an individual test grade):
1. Read Faulkner's "Dry September"
2. Write a 1.5 page, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 paper on:
A. What is the traditional, ideal Southern Belle? (need one authentic source)
B. What is the Southern Belle as portrayed by Faulkner?
C. What are the two Southern Belle figures in TKMB?
D. Compare and Contrast all the different portrayals of the Southern Belle.
E. What does each portrayal of the Southern Belle (traditional, Faulkner, Harper Lee) say about
the traditional Southern American Dream?
3. Create a construction-type presentation of your paper.
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