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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title:Rape of Persephone
 * Article Evaluation:The article is very bare, and it is centered on popular, art history of Persephone's rape. I appreciate the opening section breaking down the Latin of the word "rape," but I think more could be discussed. The art history does make Persephone more tangible and visually interesting. There needs to be more research about the paintings and sculptures since each art only has small explanations rather than describing what scholar have said about the various art pieces about Persephone. I would like to add the literature layer pertaining to Persephone's rape. What have scholars discovered or argued about Persephone and Hades?
 * Sources:Lincoln, Bruce. “The Rape of Persephone: A Greek Scenario of Women’s Initiation.” The Harvard Theological Review, vol. 72, no. 3/4, 1979, pp. 223–35. Curran, Leo C. “RAPE AND RAPE VICTIMS IN THE METAMORPHOSES.” Arethusa, vol. 11, no. 1/2, 1978, pp. 213–41. Boyle, Shary. “Vitreous Fragility: Reimagining Women Through Art.” Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women’s Activism, edited by Elizabeth A Sheehy, University of Ottawa Press, 2012, pp. 313–30. Zissos, Andrew. “The Rape of Proserpina in Ovid ‘Met.’ 5.341-661: Internal Audience and Narrative Distortion.” Phoenix, vol. 53, no. 1/2, 1999, pp. 97–113.

Option 2

 * Article title:Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
 * Article Evaluation:I was surprised at Wide Sargasso Sea's start-class assessment, because it's such a profound book that gives an alternate perspective about what happens in Jane Eyre (although it is NOT a prequel to Jane Eyre like past editors have tried to argue). In the talk page, many people have left suggestions but that doesn't always mean execution. Adjustments could include diving more into the novel's themes. Currently, the themes are Postcolonialism and Slavery and ethnicity. Both themes need more articles to support the themes, and the theme explanations seem more conversationally opinionated. I'm not sure if I should add/edit Plot section. The sections are small paragraphs, but I don't know what the norm is about summarizing a novel's plot. With the talk page's help, there is foundation to slowly build from to better Wide Sargasso Sea.
 * Sources:Gilchrist, Jennifer. “Women, Slavery, and the Problem of Freedom in Wide Sargasso Sea.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 58, no. 3, 2012, pp. 462–94. Ciolkowski, Laura E. “Navigating the Wide Sargasso Sea: Colonial History, English Fiction, and British Empire.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 43, no. 3, 1997, pp. 339–59. ROPER, VALERIE P. “WOMAN AS STORYTELLER IN ‘WIDE SARGASSO SEA.’” Caribbean Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1/2, 1988, pp. 19–36. Kamel, Rose. “‘Before I Was Set Free’: The Creole Wife in ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Wide Sargasso Sea.’” The Journal of Narrative Technique, vol. 25, no. 1, 1995, pp. 1–22.

Option 3

 * Article title:Wide Sargasso Sea (2006 film)
 * Article Evaluation:The Wide Sargasso Sea 2006 film page is BARE--stub class and low importance. Did I find a gold mine? There's barely anything except a brief production background and the cast list. The Plot Summary section is only a hyperlink to the plot summary of the novel! I highly doubt the film/tv show is exactly like the novel. An idea to edit this Wikipedia page could be similar to the novel's Wikipedia page. This could mean a more detailed discussion about the producer, an actual plot summary, and a separate section about the themes or an unique aspect about the film.
 * Sources:ROPER, VALERIE P. “WOMAN AS STORYTELLER IN ‘WIDE SARGASSO SEA.’” Caribbean Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1/2, 1988, pp. 19–36. Artt, Sarah. “WHY WE DO NOT ADAPT JEAN RHYS.” Intercultural Screen Adaptation: British and Global Case Studies, edited by Michael Stewart and Robert Munro, Edinburgh University Press, 2020, pp. 84–98. Winterhalter, Teresa. “Narrative Technique and the Rage for Order in ‘Wide Sargasso Sea.’” Narrative, vol. 2, no. 3, 1994, pp. 214–29.

Option 4

 * Article title:Jane Eyre
 * Article Evaluation:Wow. Talk about a hot mess... The talk page offered a lot of insight about the decades worth of editing done to the Jane Eyre page. I am intimidated at the thought of editing the Jane Eyre page, because I know there are die hard Bronte and Jane Eyre enthusiasts, who I don't want to go after me. Personally, I hate the organization of the Character List. Is it really necessary to have a bullet point for every single character? The main characters... of course! Random side characters... I would argue no. If you're gonna have almost a chapter by chapter section about the characters, then you might as well add a chapter by chapter summarization! There could be more adaptations added to the adaptation list. The Theme list contains Race, Wide Sargasso Sea, then feminism. No mention of the gothic themes like the Byronic hero (as someone mentioned in the Talk page). I wouldn't be surprised if there were many dead links, as well.
 * Sources:Wootton, Sarah. “The Byronic in Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice.’” The Modern Language Review, vol. 102, no. 1, 2007, pp. 26–39. Davison, Carol Margaret. “The Victorian Gothic and Gender.” The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, edited by Andrew Smith and William Hughes, Edinburgh University Press, 2012, pp. 124–41. Godfrey, Esther. “‘Jane Eyre’, from Governess to Girl Bride.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 45, no. 4, 2005, pp. 853–71. Bossche, Chris R. Vanden. “What Did ‘Jane Eyre’ Do? Ideology, Agency, Class and the Novel.” Narrative, vol. 13, no. 1, 2005, pp. 46–66.

Option 5

 * Article title:Jane Eyre (2011 film)
 * Article Evaluation:This page is a start-class and low-importance. The Plot section isn't bad, but could be shortened down, add more imbedded links about individual characters/places, and more. Similar to what I've said in the other options, there could also be a a brief Themes section.
 * Sources:https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/movies/jane-eyre-starring-mia-wasikowska-review.html Shachar, Hila. “Cultural Manifestations of Romanticism on the Contemporary Screen.” The Edinburgh Companion to Romanticism and the Arts, edited by Maureen McCue and Sophie Thomas, Edinburgh University Press, 2023, pp. 486–501. Hollyfield, Jerod Ra’Del. “CONCLUSION: Streaming Interfidelities and Post-Recession Adaptation.” Framing Empire: Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood, Edinburgh University Press, 2018, pp. 170–74. BLAKE, LINNIE. “BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE: Get Out and the Female Gothic.” Jordan Peele’s Get Out: Political Horror, edited by Dawn Keetley, Ohio State University Press, 2020, pp. 36–46.