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a "filmy" eye, and in the narrators mind, it became an "evil" eye (Poe). The narrator, who is obviously mentally ill, decided he ...

gothic tone, which is a feature of romanticism. Goodman Brown soon arrives at his destination as he meet a man who has been wait...

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...

domestic tendencies in their society. In "The Lottery" there are many characters and in "After You, My Dear Alphonse" there are ...

The grandmother thinks she has the answers and is saved, religiously or otherwise, but yet she perhaps seems to realize that this ...

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...

still places on the planet where nature is more important than man and his machines, and where nature actually "knows best" and sh...

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

journey, he prefers to run from the prophecy. He thinks he is doing the right thing, much like Ruebens belief that he is doing the...

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...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...