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there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...

When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

take on most of the responsibilities for child care and housework. The traditional female categories are still being claimed by wo...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...

to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

used as power weapons in such crimes as drive-by shootings, minor altercations and myriad other random acts of violence. With the...

of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

readily admits that: "On the whole theyre not a bad lot of natives; though you get a cheeky bastard now and then" (21). She is als...