Essays 1951 - 1980
modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...
In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...
Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...
to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...
spelling of swor (to swoor) and the change from "hire" to "hir." In addition, though of the usable participle "to" clarifies the ...
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...
the cultural and curiositys sake. Not everyone opts for the traditional costume, opting more for the backpack and walking stick. ...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
It is clear in this story that the greed of the Washingtons is out-of-control. Mr. Washington doesnt want anyone to find out abou...
Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...
of Chiltern - although he is a man of power and a man admired by many because he is a well-bred human, he nonetheless hides a terr...
undercover form, is as indispensable to you as air and water" (Salih, 1970, p. 60). Salihs (1970) chronicle - which "recounts the...
her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...
conservative who is on a regular CNN television show debating issues with liberal commentator Evan Turner. As Ted is on the escala...
When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...
Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...
limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...
readily admits that: "On the whole theyre not a bad lot of natives; though you get a cheeky bastard now and then" (21). She is als...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
Rather, the bible is a composite of various stories and is therefore to an extent subject to interpretation. Those who interpret t...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...
shtetl, the Jewish ghetto, had become unbearable under Tsarist rule. Chernin recognized that the women of her family had an abund...