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several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

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...

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...

to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...

the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...

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

spelling of swor (to swoor) and the change from "hire" to "hir." In addition, though of the usable participle "to" clarifies the ...

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

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...

meant to be - mixing with society people and being decorated with fine jewelry. However, she ends up losing the necklace...

lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...

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...

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

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

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

hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...

and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

who had nothing to do with the death of his father. When Hamlet does figure out what is right for him, in terms of addressing the ...

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

to assist him in his most basic needs, provides the kind of care and understanding required by the dying and increasingly isolated...