Essays 241 - 270
In five pages this paper examines decay and death in a thematic analysis of this famous short story by William Faulkner particular...
In five pages this paper examines the conflict between protagonist Emily Grierson and her hometown in an analysis of this short st...
secrets are inferred. That her father suppressed her sexuality and thwarted her womans life is clearly stated. The town assumes t...
In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...
In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...
In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...
In seven pages interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' short story are presented by a comparative analy...
In ten pages this paper compares the worldview clashes featured in the short stories of John Updike and Flannery O'Connor in an a...
This short story by Toni Cade Bambara is examined in an analysis of identity and trust issues in a paper consisting of five pages....
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
more poignant due to their downtrodden setting. The approach of the characters is generally reacted to events which are around th...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...
for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...
In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
May, Rev. Sanders decides to take a drive to her house to check on her. Mrs. Lyle has been keeping a very low profile since the s...
character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...
of trance, or opens himself to whatever psychic power he possesses at these times. But lets go back to the beginning. One of the ...
earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...
She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...
"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...
be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...
it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...
the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...
The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...
The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...
pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...