YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Concepts in Short Stories
Essays 661 - 690
its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...
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...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
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 death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...
a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...
Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...
workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...
and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...
him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...
are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...
letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...
protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...
a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...
my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...
a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...
other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...
the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...
man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...
in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...
to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...
persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...
a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...
desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....
a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...
and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...