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definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

distance, an unclear picture is present. It is this vision of the mistress that the narrator begins to imagine must be of some fan...

the other until, in the end, exhaustion overcomes it. We see this not only in Maggie herself, but in Skipper and Brick, and the in...

attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...

happened, or what may have happened, to this young girl, and finds herself examining her own life as a result. Without even und...

close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...

turn something seemingly worthless into a treasure. A quilt being symbolically assembled throughout the story reflects how societ...

according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth ...

Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...

The Ministers Black Veil Hawthornes The Ministers Black Veil is a short story that describes evil and depravity as developmental ...

of his contemporaries, [Poe] refused to soften or idealize mortality and kept its essential horror in view But what is the "essen...

OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...

This paper consists of six pages and analyzes the symbolism that appears throughout each short story. Two sources are cited in th...

In five pages this paper analyzes the short story by Stephen King in terms of character, setting, theme, and point of view. There...

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...

is old enough to evaluate her life and find it wanting. She has two small children and is pregnant with a third. Her husband is la...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...

In a research study on the factors which lead to acts of revenge, University of Arkansas psychologists tested a number of voluntee...