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33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...

the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...

the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...