Essays 391 - 420
the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...
the experiences their protagonists have growing up as young, ethnic women in America. However, the relationship between the fictio...
the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...
- into a "setting conducive to unrest and fears" (Fisher 75). The narrator reveals that his grief over his wife Ligeias death pro...
ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and jewelled...
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...
were signified by it" (1323). He then goes into great narrative detail to describe the letter to emphasize its significance: "The...
saved by a friend and turned to writing which greatly changed her entire perspective, giving her "some measure of power" (Gilman [...
of Thatchers diary. Film components: Dissolves, flashback, deep-focus shots, long shots, close-ups. In the establishing long sho...
regions, such as Palestine, Bethany and Cana. Some of what John records only an eyewitness could have reported, such as the fragra...
luster that made her, herself, shine so" (Capote 14-15). In this one can see how despite the group of people she hung out with, ...
young men. One of the great ironies of the play is that Willy has sold the boys a perverted version of the American Dream. He has ...
the four most important symbols are the characters names, especially the women; the green light on Daisys dock, the so-called "val...
power. I willed my keepsakes, signed away What portion of me I Could make assignable,-and then There interposed a fly, With blue...
had been older, he would have wondered why his father, would have witnessed the "waste and extravagance of war" and who "burned ev...
great deal of information about the Birlings, even before they speak. It is a family dinner, but the setting is extremely formal a...
and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...
"fundamental difference" as well in the actions of the men and women, a difference "grounded in varying understandings of the home...
legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...
to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...
the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...
This 4 page paper gives an overview of the symbolism in The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker. This paper includes how euca...
This 3 page paper gives an explanation of literary devices and conflicts within the plays Macbeth and Mistaken Identity. This pape...
This 4 page paper gives an overview of the element within the poem The Road not Taken. This paper includes irony, symbolism, repre...
This paper examines how scapegoats propel the comedy of William Shakespeare's play in the characterizations of Don John, Claudio, ...
This essay pertains to "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" by Terrence McNally. The writer discusses three aspects of the play, which are...
example, include architectural features that are symbolic of the "holy mountain, the sacred cave and the cosmic axis" (Moffett, Fa...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at use of symbolism in Great Expectations. The use of London itself as a symbol of corr...