Essays 181 - 210
Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...
story "Grit" portrays the intense conflict that arises between Glen, the manager of the Black Beauty Minerals Plant located in Mob...
there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...
he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...
above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...
a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...
by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...
story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...
real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...
actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...
In six pages this essay presents a modernist interpretation of this short story by Katherine Mansfield. Three sources are cited i...
In two pages this essay compares these short stories in terms of symbolism, theme, and imagery. There are no other sources listed...
This paper compare these James Joyce and John Updike short stories in an analytical essay consisting of five apges. There are no ...
This is a book review consisting of 5 pages that considers the collective work of short stories and essays and how the works stead...
In five pages this essay analyzes James Joyce's short story and the meaning of 'dead' within the characterization of Gabriel. The...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...
his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...
An essay of 5 pages that considers the worldview of Christian writer James W. Sire. After defining the worldviews of Existentiali...
banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...
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...
"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...
This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...
This essay pertains to the literary features of this short story, focusing on its plot and symbols as the writer describes how the...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...
This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...