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his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...

back to the past, as the young man obsesses over his mother and his search for identity. And, "Although the narrator begins by den...

small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried c...

third person (not a character in the story)" (Peterson elements.html). From this basic understanding of the element of point of...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

that were written prior to 1980 will be compared with three from the later time period. Elizabeth Janeway published a critique o...

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...

of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...

a strong and masculine man, though perhaps not too intelligent, or so Ichabod thinks. One night at a party people are telling s...

inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...

turn something seemingly worthless into a treasure. A quilt being symbolically assembled throughout the story reflects how societ...

distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...

the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...

matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...

reality in Poes work. And, the fact that it comes back to haunt the characters in the story further emphasizes the power of this "...

equivalent of playing Russian roulette, was popular in Japan, but his mother always refused to eat fugu, but decided to do so rath...

about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...

Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany which is defined by Joyce as a sudden shining down of reason and awareness, a "sudden spiritual...

is almost always away on business, and the only permanent residents, in addition to the governess and the children is the stern an...

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

no avail. Her father explained that the antidote would actually kill her, but she did not want to live being poisonous anyway. The...

felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

fundamentally selfish and mean-spirited. In fact, OConnor repeatedly demonstrates to the reader how similar Fortune and his grandd...

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 ...

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...