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Elisa Character in 'The Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

In five pages this essay analyzes the development of the protagonist Elisa in a consideration of this John Steinbeck short story. ...

Much Ado About 'Nothing' in 'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages this essay considers how this short story by Ernest Hemingway describes 'nothingness' and the despair of loneliness. ...

Insight of a Blind Man in 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

In six pages this essay discusses the positive characterization of the blind man in the short story 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver....

'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...

'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe

to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...

'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor

free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

'The Dead' and Dubliners by James Joyce

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

Somerset Maughan

makes it clear that the house is not a privilege, as a necessity. This is because if Remire lived in the camp, the other prisoners...

Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"

what to plant and where, and so forth, comprehensively covering the major areas of a womans life. Thrown into this long rambling...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

"Dry September" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

Religion and John Updike

This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor

This essay pertains to the literary features of this short story, focusing on its plot and symbols as the writer describes how the...

American Education, Three Representations

This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...

The Sundown Bar & Grill

A 9 page essay exploring St. Paddy's at the Sundown Bar and Grill, a short story that illuminates the differences in love and sex ...

Themes of Darkness and Light in Sonny Blues

young blacks and how they were "growing up with a rush...their heads bumped abruptly against the low ceiling of their actual possi...

Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, and 'It's a good day to be indigenous'

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

Is Amy Tan's Life Like 'The Red Candle?'

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

Psychological Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

Louise Erdrich's 'The Leap' Feminist Short Story

In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...

A Film Adaptation/Soldier's Home

adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway short story, directed by Robert Young and produced in 1997. The protagonist of this short film ...

Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...

Synopsis of 'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

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" ...

'An Ounce of Cure' by Alice Munro

about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...

Imagery and Plot Structure of 'Araby' by James Joyce

of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...

Analysis of 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

Short Stories by Melissa A. Hardy

constantly to the topic of the beautiful heifer that Uwe has purchased as a present for his bride. The cow cannot be separated fro...

Language and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...

'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...