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Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Themes of Retribution and Sin

true nature. Goodman Browns problems stem from his decision to reject certain facets of the human condition. In fact, after he ret...

Salvation and Violence in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories

and the girls eyes [stop] rolling. At this point Mrs. Turpin asks her, What have you got to say to me?" (Bernardo [3]). This of...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Perfection

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

Native American Short Story 'High Horse's Counting'

speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....

Herman Melville's Short Stories 'Tartarus of Maids' and 'The Paradise of Bachelors'

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

The Dreyfus Affair by Michael Burns

which is epitomized by the extreme anti-Semitism of Madame de Janville (Gyp), who comments on Zolas supporters as men who are not ...

The Father of the Short Story, Walter Scott

be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...

Short Stories by Nawal El Saadawi and Ihara Saikaku on Social Justice

the perspective of Japanese culture, particularly in regards to "proper" conduct for women. From the beginning of the tale, Osen...

Life and Works of Saint Augustine

how evil is nothing tangibly heinous, but instead reflects the "absence of good."ii In other words, man merely makes bad choices ...

Analyzing the Heroic Characterization in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

knight-errant, does everything by the book. But by Part II, he doesnt rely on books to lead the way. He is confident enough in h...

The Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

a "filmy" eye, and in the narrators mind, it became an "evil" eye (Poe). The narrator, who is obviously mentally ill, decided he ...

Shocking Short Story 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

what they had just read (TeacherFocus.com). If they had not been shocked they would likely not have done this, and they were proba...

Romanticism in Two Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...

Successful Short Story Characteristics

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

Short Story Characters in Gilman, Poe, and Bierce

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

2 Short Stories, Identity

This essay pertains to The short stories "Bible" by Tobias Wolfe and "Virgins" by Danielle Evans. The writer discusses the theme o...

Short Story Related to Self Driving Cars

This 9 page paper gives an example of a short story which related to the technology of self driving cars. This paper includes desc...

Imagery in Two Short Stories by Kate Chopin

This essay describes how Kate Chopin, a nineteenth century female author ahead of her time, utilized imagery in writing the "Desir...

The influence of Francisco de Haro on San Francisco

Before California within the hands of the Americans, it was a Mexican territory, with the Mexican soldier Francisco de Haro being...

Short Story by John Cheever

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the short story called The Country Husband. This paper includes issues of trying to escape ...

Joyce and Hughes/Loss in 2 Short Stories

OShay, the vice principal of the school, tells Nancy Lee that the scholarship was rescinded when the nominating committee learned ...

Comparing Black Boy and Tell

"Tell" by First Degree The D.E., who is also known by birth name, Michael Cohen, offer a contemporary indictment against racism. L...

Updike and Delillo and the Short Story

Don DeLillo are both stories about observation, but they are completely different, and the difference is unsettling for people who...

Irving and Hawthorne, Comparing 2 short stories

attending Bowdoin College. While some of his work was published, this did not provide him with enough income to live on and he ear...

Comparing short stories/Rivera and Chesnutt

son" (Rivera 108). The next day, he will be in charge of his brothers and sisters working in the fields. She warns him "Dont overw...

How Social Environment Influences Behavior in Two Short Stories

woman who has given her life to being a wife and a mother and she is simply trying to understand why her son expects to live his l...

Family in Short Stories

Gregory talks about how his mother got angry when he threw out a free coat and Williams speaks of how his parents loved the kids, ...

Significance of the Snake in Zora Neale Hurston’s Short Story, ‘Sweat’

on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...

Two Short Stories: “He” and “The Loons”

different we have no possible common ground, we can also justify destroying them. This is why we never consider enemy combatants a...

Blues and James Baldwin’s Short Story “Sonny’s Blues”

their late mother, who was the familys support system. Of her, the narrator would recall, "I always see her wearing pale blue" (B...