Essays 91 - 120
the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...
may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...
In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...
he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
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...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
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...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
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...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...