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quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...

Dr. Wayland, was late "and there were no recent newsmagazines in the waiting room" (392), he decided to make what he considered to...

In seven pages Chopin's work is examined in terms of its criticism and then relates these criticisms to specific portions of the n...

In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

our morbid curiosity about death continues, and in Hemingways story that curiosity is all too well satisfied. In The Snows of Kil...

the characters, the entire thing is related as though it were the most normal thing in the world, and this contributes to the stor...

In eight pages a search for meaning and the literary transition from modernism into postmodernism is presented in a discussion of ...

In four pages the short story's conflicts are examined in terms of their character implications. There are no other sources liste...

a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...

in Salem, Massachusetts, forever immortalized as the scene of the Salem witch trials, and those supposed covens did meet in the fo...

This essay pertains to "My Kid's Dog," a short story by Ron Hansen. The writer discusses how the story reflects the therapeutic ap...

undying life of the world" (Chopin PG). Chopins message of forbidden feminine desire is indicative of the prolific writers...

This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at three short stories including "The Cranes", "Carnal Knowledge", and "The Necklace"....

background. Chopin does not relate a great deal about Ednas early life, but what she does indicate is extremely revealing, as the ...

The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...

is reflected in The Awakening. No woman could have any greater calling than to be a good wife and mother. In fact, that was the ...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

An elderly pianist, Mademoiselles music arouses Ednas artistic temperament. Additionally, Edna becomes infatuated with a young man...

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation...The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace" (C...

down, there was no living thing in sight" indicates a sort of foreboding as well, an indication that life ended here, in the water...

after the stories are done. In the beginning of both of the novels the women seem to be relatively happy, and perhaps ignorant, ...

It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...