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nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

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

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

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

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...

In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...

An analysis of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne consists of six pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

In seven pages this paper considers the Gothic characteristics of Mary Shelley's writings in an analysis of short stories 'Transfo...

This short story is discussed in an analysis of the many types of bull symbolism featured throughout in a paper consisting of five...