Both William Blake’s Songs of Innocence & Experience and Charles Dickens’ A Chri

Both William Blake’s Songs of Innocence & Experience and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol critique a society that places money and productivity over the lives and welfare of regular working people. Discuss the role of greed in these two texts, making sure to use specific textual examples from the work of both authors. In addition to thinking on greed, you should consider some of the following related themes: despair, poverty, childhood, redemption, religion, family, death, kindness and generosity.
[Beyond the editions of these texts that we have consulted in class and the extra background materials provided in those editions or reviewed in class, you should NOT consult any outside sources for this assignment.]
As you compare these two, remember to be specific. Your thesis might take one of these tracks:
* Both Songs of Innocence & Experience and A Christmas Carol critique the greed of industrialized societies by showing us________________________.
* Although both authors critique greed and abuses of workers, Blake asserts ____________ while Dickens claims ____________________.
* Though Songs of Innocence & Experience and A Christmas Carol are critical of the industries of their time, they also both_____________________________________
* Both Songs of Innocence & Experience and A Christmas Carol rely on stirring sympathy for common people by______________________________________.
* Both Songs of Innocence & Experience and A Christmas Carol ask readers to question the values of their respective societies by____________________.
Essays must be 3-5 pages. MLA formatting and citation. Must be submitted via eLearning as a Word doc or .pdf. No other formats will be accepted. For late submission policy, see the syllabus.