YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of African Short Stories
Essays 1171 - 1200
walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...
felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...
two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...
The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...
taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...
all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...
in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...
Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its ...
finds problems there, too, when her uncle becomes sexually interested in her and she agrees, in order to fend of his advances, to ...
Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...
a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
In five pages this paper discusses the repetitive themes in this trio of short stories by William Faulkner. Seven sources are cit...
This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...
lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...
In five pages this research paper focuses upon the author's use of setting in this short story and how it mirrors the progressive ...
In seven pages this paper discusses how the author's persona changes from his short stories such as 'The Gilded Age' and 'Innocent...
This paper analyzes how symbols and illusions are used in 'The Bear,' a short story by William Faulkner, in five pages. Two sourc...
This essay consisting of two pages examines the symbolic representation of flowers within the context of this short story by Kate ...
In six pages this essay considers how this short story by Ernest Hemingway describes 'nothingness' and the despair of loneliness. ...
In four pages this paper discusses how existentialist thought manifests itself in the short stories 'The Door' by E.B. White and '...
In ten pages this research paper analyzes the famous short story in terms of its conflict between minority or individual rights ve...
In five pages this paper analyzes the social message contained in this short story of human sacrifice to ensure fertile agricultur...
In five pages this paper examines how the ending is foreshadowed throughout various events in the short story with its symbolism a...
In seven pages the controlling characters of Margaret Fletcher and Mr. Summers in Rodriguez's play and Jackson's short story are c...