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Gender Understanding and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

Themes and Criticism of 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...

The Machine Stops

first examines Forsters story and then examines particular thematic elements from the story that seem quite relevant today. These ...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

Comparison of 'Survival' by John Wyndham and 'The Son's Veto' by Thomas Hardy

above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

Generation Representation in Amy Tan's Short Story 'Two Kinds'

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'

in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...

Grace and Its Mystery in 'Revelation,' 'Good Country People,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...

Sherwood Anderson's 'The Triumph of the Egg'

a chicken farm. Of his life there and the annoying chickens he writes:" It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny...

'The Boasrding House' by James Joyce and Power

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

Life of Kate Chopin and 'Story of an Hour'

She was the eldest of seven children and, though the family was well-established, they had fallen on hard times (Kate Chopin, A Wo...

Narrative Writing & Shepherd's Christmas Story

defined point of view, which is often that of the author. By giving "specific and sensory details," the author gets the reader inv...

Ozu/Tokyo Story

film taking on certain aspects of each others roles (Davis 80). Norika offers Tomi and Shukichi the respect that filial tradition ...

Toni Cade Bambara's Community of African American Women’s Identity in ’s Gorilla, My Love Short Stories

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...

Critical Chain By Eliyahu M. Goldratt

in Business Administration (MBA) is no longer as important in the business community as it once was. Higher education must change ...

Hans Christian Andersen/The Nightingale

begins by describing the elaborate, beautiful and impractical nature of the Chinese Emperors palace, which is so delicate that you...

Gender/Sexuality in 6 Films

the others, feels compelled to protect this young bit of innocence and humanity at all costs. The symbolic way that the child co...

Althol Fugard/Valley Song

choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...

Postrel & O’Brien/Aesthetics & The True War Story

summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...

Flannery O'Connor/Good Country People

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

Flannery O'Connor's Unique Style

is actually an "angel of light," as he serves as the "unwilling instrument of grace," by stealing Joy/Hulgas leg and leaving her s...

Comparative Analysis of 'Ligeia' and 'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

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...

Sam in Fugard's Master Harold...and the Boys

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Its Literary Deconstruction

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

'August 2026 There will com soft rains' by Ray Bradbury

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

Examples of Ambient Advertising

In an essay consisting of five pages ambient advertising as it exists in the United States, England, and throughout Europe are exa...

Nicolas Poussin's Summer Painting Explication

In three pages this essay presents a review of the painting and explores the painter's utilization of color, story, dimension, and...

Creative Story on Falling

In six pages this essay considers the fall of a construction worker from a 2 story warehouse roof and how falling transformed the ...

'The Ideal Man' by John O'Hara

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...