Essays 451 - 480
decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...
mother into "trembling" and her breasts, as she nursed Emily, were swollen with milk, she steadfastly stuck to the feeding schedul...
"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...
him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...
In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...
Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...
mail, or to buy fruit or wine at the stores by the trolley stop" (Interpreter of Maladies - Chapter One: A Temporary Matter). The...
who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...
life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...
that there is really no future in India, especially with current political and economic problems. The family gathers together enou...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...
in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...
from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...
of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...
In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...
Ini five pages this paper examines the theme of the grotesque that is featured in the Tandy and Hands stories in Winesburg, Ohio. ...
In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...
However, the closeness of each of her personal relationships are in fact enhanced through her breasts. By using her breasts to gai...
Joyce Carol Oates intertwines the element of tragedy in The Crying Baby, The Passion of Rydcie Mather and Where areYou Going? Whe...
In five pages this paper examines the stories featured throughout 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of the repetition of Agamemnon'...
In five pages this paper analyzes Stoll's text in terms of the author's point of view and the debates that continue to linger rega...
In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...
In ten pages 5 short stories from the collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes are analyzed in terms of the literary techniques emplo...
Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...
The writer analyzes the short story Chac-Mool by Carlos Fuentes, and argues that it is representative of his style. The paper is f...