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types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...

In five pages the importance of setting to these stories is discussed in this comparative analysis. Two sources are cited in the ...

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

joyce.html). His mother, Mary Jane Murray, was "ten years younger than Stanislaus, was an accomplished pianist whose life was domi...

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

in men. Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she wa...

story of a young girl who lives in Dublin with her father and her brother. But living there has become like living in a prison, a...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...

can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...

of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...

his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...

the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...

her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...

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

though not necessarily horribly so. In essence, the boy is neglected and it is not surprising "why parentless Harry was inclined t...

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries of faith. In other words, through the everyday, mundane workings in her characte...

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

Some of them are not. Frequently, it is the combination of heritage and gender which cause the greatest problems, as Rachel discov...

he would not be getting any scholarships for furthering his education, he "joined the Indian Imperial Police Burma" (George Orwell...

and nothing to do with the prank that Oberon is playing through Puck. They happen to enter into the midst of the chaos however, an...

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...

just like you say. Only when you dont have no dinner, it aint" (Steinbeck). He never says he would love some food or a meal or any...

her that he likes arguing for it makes the time go faster, but then he berates her for who she is and how she is attempting to mak...