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men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...

it does not suggest that the reader become formally involved with the story. She (or he) need only read and "listen" to Gilmans wo...

that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she firs...

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...

as a proper Southern lady, with the pretention of adhering to a moral code above that of the common person, but in reality, she fo...

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

to emerge in the stories to be analyzed. The first major theme to emerge in the stories to be analyzed is the effect of power ineq...

This 6 page paper gives an analysis of the story the Yellow Wallpaper. This paper includes comparisons from Gillman's own life a...

wallpaper. The wallpaper can be said to have a dual symbolism. The wallpaper itself can be said to be representative of her mind....

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

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...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

In three pages this essay compares O'Connor's 'Good Country People' with Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' in terms of their usage of ...

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...

waiter, like the old man who is their customer, has no connections in the world. While Della and James have love and a deep inti...

ABC-TV news found itself in hot water by reporting that Israels Benjamin Netanyahu had called then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin a ...

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

the narrator another instance where the town was concerned about Miss Emily and her home, which was over a smell, an awful smell o...

the community as an oddity, "a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" (Faulkner 433). She ...

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...