Essays 121 - 150
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" ...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
again from the red eiderdown!" (Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as ...
way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
Dee struggles mentally to understand the world in which she has never truly fit. These mental struggles take a number of manifest...
symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...
to business places that had long since been closed" (Henry 69). In this particular line we see that the area in which the hardw...
small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...
that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...
can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...
thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...
the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...
speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....
of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...
him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...
his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
In twelve pages this paper examines Katherine Mansfield's short life and the lack of convention with which she lived and wrote wit...
OConnor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is as a subtle, symbolic plot to convert her readers, whom she had envisioned a...