Essays 181 - 210
symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...
BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
theme. Without the skill of Munro, the themes might be buried with just a scant plot controlling the movement of the characters. Y...
him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...
his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...
the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...
speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
In six pages dramas by Wenders and Brecht are compared with this 1924 story by Franz Kafka in a consideration of meaning and symbo...
In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
dynamic. The couple was reunited after a period of ten years, but John is too preoccupied with what he perceives to be his ultima...
Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...
In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...
and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...
In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...
was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...
This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...