Proposed Topic: Cruel and unusual punishment/treatment rendered by humans upon other humans.
* The connection in this theme is apparent in The Taming of the Shrew, Oroonoko, and Candide.
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- 4. Is Heart of Darkness a racist text or is it a text that depicts racism?
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Sounds like a great topic, Shelita. We will work in class on turning this topic into an argument that your paper will support with evidence from the texts we have read; you are absolutely right that there is a great deal of evidence on this subject in all three texts.