Essays 151 - 180
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" ...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...
(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...
clerk in the store, he has no respect for his boss or the people who use his services. At the same time,...
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 ...
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....
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
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...
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...
small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...
again from the red eiderdown!" (Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...
symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...
Dee struggles mentally to understand the world in which she has never truly fit. These mental struggles take a number of manifest...
to business places that had long since been closed" (Henry 69). In this particular line we see that the area in which the hardw...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
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 ...