Essays 2401 - 2430
grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...
Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
is a story about change - the change in a man, people he recognizes and knew his entire life did not recognize this man who Garl...
that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...
to that of a man and saw womens role in society as being purely to serve men. When they were "no longer willing to fill that role,...
representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...
experience, clearly illustrating how her lack of inner strength and fortitude is what stands in the way of her finding true happin...
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 ...
did not allow her to be an individual. This offers us a subtle vulnerability that all people possess to some extent. And that vuln...
what man believes he can confront and ultimately overcome and what the bitter truth of reality says he can accomplish when up agai...
living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...
stopped, at least for Neddy Merrill. It seems that for those like Neddy, money must be had at all costs, but he had a problem too,...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...
as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...
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...