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in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...
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 ...
History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...
she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...
the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...
opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...
(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...
only one of 21 collected stories. However, it was the force of Tevyes energetic personality which made him appear dominant in the...
In five pages social and cultural ethnic representations in a Johnson short story, Divakaruni and Clifton poetic themes are discus...
fiction has become a cardinal rule, with the demand being even more stringent in the short story due to its compressed form. Rese...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of the title character Ellen Weatherall and considers her strengths and determi...
In five pages this paper discusses these themes presented in William Faulkner's short story with also literary elements including ...
In one page this paper compares the characters Ivan Ilych from Leo Tolstoy's short story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' and Linda Brent...
In three pages a short story analysis of 'The Open Boat' is presented. There are no other sources listed....
This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...
hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...
has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...
nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...
in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...
stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...
inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...
telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...
This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...
controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...