Essays 631 - 660
Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...
she has moved to the city and been educated. One sees perhaps the only conflict this mother has in her life because it is a confl...
But the memory of the house is misleading, because the author also says that much of the time they lived there she was angry, hope...
bursts" (Vonnegut, 1961). George, her husband, was brilliant and as such represented a threat to the status quo and so he was forc...
is happening to her, but yet she heeds his advice and rules nonetheless because she was a good and dutiful wife. But, she knows sh...
have suddenly grown weak" which symbolizes also the weakness in the man as well through the death of his wife and the memory of hi...
long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...
fact. In "The Black Cat," the narrator tells readers that he was "docile" and "tender of heart" as a youth, and that he retained t...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...
of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...
the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...
In eleven pages this tutorial provides valuable information for composing a critique for this short story by Henry James. Six sou...
An essay of 5 pages that considers the worldview of Christian writer James W. Sire. After defining the worldviews of Existentiali...
In five pages this paper analyzes the narrator's mind in this short story by Virginia Woolf. One source is cited in the bibliogra...
In five pages this paper considers power and race as they are portrayed in the short stories 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin, 'Bat...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how Poe develops these themes in his short stories 'Fall of the House of Usher' an...
In six pages this paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe's obsession with young women dying was due to the premature death of his wif...
In twelve pages the many twists and turns Poe incorporated into this horrifying and entertaining short story are examined. Ten so...
In five pages this paper examines how Poe employed satirical humor regarding art and science in this famous short story. Five sou...
These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...
determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...
In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...
The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...
In five pages this paper discusses the themes of life and death evoked by Jack London in his short story 'To Build a Fire.' Four ...
In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...