Essays 181 - 210
official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...
tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...
about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...
about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...
of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...
the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...
gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...
the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...
constantly to the topic of the beautiful heifer that Uwe has purchased as a present for his bride. The cow cannot be separated fro...
Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...
every night to a battlefield" (Cheever 73). Later in the story, at a party, Weed recognizes the maid serving canap?s, as a woman...
with human emotions, as the sea is described as being "nervously anxious." This conveys to the reader the way in which the men per...
of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...
understanding of the lottery is the same as her neighbors. She complacently believes that it will never touch her family. This goe...
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...
In six pages this essay discusses the positive characterization of the blind man in the short story 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver....
to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In five pages this essay examines how Puritanism and witchcraft contribute to the setting of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthor...
In five pages this essay considers whether the events that transpired in this short story were real or were in fact a dream. Ther...
In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...
free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...
In five pages this research essay explores the abortion debate within the context of Hemingway's short story and how important saf...
In five pages this essay considers the 'everything' or 'nothing' connotation of oneness as represented within these short stories ...