Essays 301 - 330
Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] the first ...
the characters, the entire thing is related as though it were the most normal thing in the world, and this contributes to the stor...
pin curlers even looked around after pushing their carts past to make sure what they had seen was correct" (Updike, 1274). The st...
In four pages the short story's conflicts are examined in terms of their character implications. There are no other sources liste...
a supposed "cure" for her depressed symptoms, becomes, in fact, the catalyst to -2- her entire mental downfall. She h...
in Salem, Massachusetts, forever immortalized as the scene of the Salem witch trials, and those supposed covens did meet in the fo...
a nation of disillusionment, and we often find some sort of sympathetic resonance in tales of the dark and unholy. And the first p...
the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...
he so closely identifies with him, which is precisely Poes point-the narrators is not normal, but is quite insane. The point of ...
A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...
together and makes possible the fraternal and hierarchic bonds of chivalric solidarity" (Hahn). This contrasts sharply with the fo...
decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...
"Dead Mens Path." It seems at first glance to be a very straightforward tale. However, as one critic points out, "In the post-Fouc...
mother into "trembling" and her breasts, as she nursed Emily, were swollen with milk, she steadfastly stuck to the feeding schedul...
which "comprises a stunning class-conscious critique of Christian hypocrisy and the Churchs complicity with the rich" (Padilla 150...
him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...
As the race of the infant becomes more obvious, its race being obviously partially African, she becomes confused. Her husband bera...
In many ways, as the story progresses, the reader essentially forgets her heart condition. But, if one keeps this in mind one can ...
This 4 page paper discusses four of E.A. Poe's short stories, and critical reaction to his work. Bibliography lists 6 sources....
He is a thoroughly unpleasant character. Despite this, he is amusing (in a sick way) because he always convinces himself that wha...
defined point of view, which is often that of the author. By giving "specific and sensory details," the author gets the reader inv...
cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...
why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...
she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...
of superstition that he is there to stamp out. He suggests that the villagers build a new path skirting the school grounds; he rem...
the pressure and approved wage hikes, however, they quickly evaporated as inflation crept into the warring city. Gordei and his c...
for. There is less time for the couple to enjoy each other, and Ben especially resents the lack of sexual spontaneity. In one fl...
the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...
enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...
this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...