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In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...

In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...

extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

The feminist rewriting of fairytales as reflected in this short story by Angela Carter is considered in a paper consisting of five...

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...

at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...

The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...

In seven pages Poe's works are analyzed within the context of his short stories 'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House o...

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...

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

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

may have gone on behind the scenes with the authors own relationships with the opposite gender. THE SYMBOLISM This Hemingway vig...

official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...

like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...

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