Essays 181 - 210
In six pages dramas by Wenders and Brecht are compared with this 1924 story by Franz Kafka in a consideration of meaning and symbo...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
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...
hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this 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....
(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...
rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...
reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...
This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...
This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
In 5 pages the employment of symbolism in these 2 stories are discussed in terms of how the respective characters evaluate themsel...
In a paper consisting of 8 pages the symbolism of blindness in this short story by Raymond Carver is discussed in terms of insight...
Such an endeavor may provide one with an interpretation of events in the story that would be far different from one that does not ...
In three pages this paper discusses the wide ranging symbolism associated with 'The Birthmark' in the short story by Nathaniel Haw...
This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...
In seven pages this paper analyzes this short story in terms of meaning and characterization but focuses primarily upon the 2 sett...
In six pages this paper considers the story of The Milagro Beanfield War and its moving symbolism. There are 2 sources cited in t...
OConnor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is as a subtle, symbolic plot to convert her readers, whom she had envisioned a...
This 5 page paper argues that Phoenix Jackson, the protagonist of Eudora Welty's story A Worn Path, is mentally ill. The writer al...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Steinbeck employs symbolism in this short story with the earth covenant represented by the wif...
In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...
at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...
In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...
and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...
In five pages a psychological analysis of John Steinbeck's short story includes the flowers' symbolism and the depression of Elisa...
dynamic. The couple was reunited after a period of ten years, but John is too preoccupied with what he perceives to be his ultima...