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In six pages this essay discusses the positive characterization of the blind man in the short story 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver....

In five pages this research paper analyzes Welty's popular short story with the emphasis upon family eccentricities and the post m...

In four pages this paper analyzes the inner struggles of Lengel by adopting his perspective in an examination of John Updike's sho...

In eight pages the ways in which Poe's death obsession manifests itself in ten of his short stories are examined. There are 4 bi...

In five pages this paper examines how isolation is interwoven into the short stories featured in Sherwood Anderson's 1919 collecti...

In eight pages this paper discusses how nature and naturalism is depicted through powerful imagery in this famous short story by S...

and claims to be overtired, although she seems to be able to write some thousand words at a stretch. In this first section she als...

In eight pages this paper examines the contrasting imagery of sexuality and athletic prowess in this short story by James Thurber....

free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...

In two pages this play and short story by Susan Glaspell are contrasted and compared in terms of themes and characterization. The...

In seven pages the theme of revenge as depicted in this short story is analyzed as the author's personal commentary attacking the ...

In five pages Poe's short story is analyzed in terms of the author's masterful point of view usage. There are no other sources li...

nature of the protagonists soul, as it has perceived injuries made to it. Poe builds on the potential success of his trap by disc...

to kill, the speaker insists on frequently and rather adamantly reminding us that he is not mad. As the story reads on, I found m...

the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...

In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...

won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...

the black slaves was indeed Gods will as retribution for some evil which they had committed (Slavery). Many of the slaves who c...

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

that were written prior to 1980 will be compared with three from the later time period. Elizabeth Janeway published a critique o...

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...

is the final destiny for man" (Becker, 1973, p. ix). While the basis of his theory may explore that mans anxiety stems from his fe...

small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...

third person (not a character in the story)" (Peterson elements.html). From this basic understanding of the element of point of...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

to catch up with and crush idealistic young people afraid of occurrences over which they seem to have no control" (Hynes 265). "L...