Essays 181 - 210
point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...
entire identity. Similarly, Olsen sheds light upon the way intent and effort do not always produce the desired outcome, which is ...
it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....
all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...
was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire t...
one year, what it is that women truly want from a man. For whatever reason, the Queen has chosen to give the man a choice - death...
"loved the old man" and had "no desire" for his gold (Poe "Tell-Tale Heart"). Why then, did he become obsessed with the idea of mu...
In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
The Ministers Black Veil Hawthornes The Ministers Black Veil is a short story that describes evil and depravity as developmental ...
distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...
and A Canary for One are three such pieces that are a reflection of Hemingways typical nature in that they befit the very essence ...
and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...
the intent of the writer. Might he have an agenda hidden under the ghost story? At the same time, this is a classic supernatural t...
that many writers have used familiar themes and offered a new way of seeing the traditional elements of plot and character; howeve...
criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers School set the boys free. An...
well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...
he presents. There is pain and violence and death in Hemingways world, and he struggles to show his readers this aspect of life....
happy: "Except that one day Haroun asked one question too many, and then all hell broke loose" (Rusdie, 1990, p. 8). The question ...
machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...
Norma Jeans development toward individuation throughout the story by relating her relationship to her mother, Mabel, who is omnipr...
how her husband clearly has no idea what is bothering his wife, although he clearly also presumes to have the answer in taking her...
no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...
substantiates this position by indicating that the origins of Job can be found in folk poetry, but also believes that the beauty o...
of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...
any sustenance for her. This brings in the thematic element of the shawl in a very powerful way for Magda would suck on the shawl,...
Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...