YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Old Fashioned Story Reviewed
Essays 2761 - 2790
then again in later episodes: specifically, when Cinderella comes home from the balls (there are two in most stories; Disney is th...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...
of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...
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 ...
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...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
in society, regardless of time. In the time period of Chopins work one assumes it takes place towards the end of the 19th century...
the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...
When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...
away they show the secretary and another partner who has arrived on the scene a warrant to search Blaines office and will be seen ...
with human emotions, as the sea is described as being "nervously anxious." This conveys to the reader the way in which the men per...
that her mother "had never really had a friend of her own before" and it is clear that the friendship means a great deal to both w...
societys pressure. "It is impossible to read Great Expectations without sensing Dickenss presence in the book, without being awar...
of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...
so much time to be bored. Jewett writes: "Sylvia had all the time there was, and very little use to make of it" (759). Sylvia wa...
had a life of one failure after another and no parental figure to ease the blow. His mother had gotten sick and died and Adolph wa...
every night to a battlefield" (Cheever 73). Later in the story, at a party, Weed recognizes the maid serving canap?s, as a woman...
of Gods creation of the universe (Chance 67). According to De Temporibus Anni (the translation of Aelfric), the worlds first day ...
understanding of the lottery is the same as her neighbors. She complacently believes that it will never touch her family. This goe...
In five pages the fine line betwen love and hate is examined in a discussion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stor, 'Young Goodman B...
to look at his own veiled prejudices if only through the eyes of his bigoted mother. Says Mrs. Chestney, in a typical outburst th...
In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...
with my pen and autograph book, I was ready to meet these larger-than-life sports figures I had heard and read about my whole life...
women: "During the early 20th century the term new woman came to be used in the popular press. More young women than ever were goi...
Century Japan. Much like Genji, Bridge of Dreams has the same lyrical, almost dreamy prose to it. But unlike the men in Genji auth...