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a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...

taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...

themselves, perhaps unnecessarily, on their knowledge of wines. This offers us a very powerful and self righteous look at these tw...

brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...

again from the red eiderdown!" (Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as ...

of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...

white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its ...

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

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...

way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...

Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...

The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...

in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...

live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...

In five pages this paper examines the oral cultural traditions of Africa in a short story analysis of 'Talk' recounted by Courland...

In nine pages this paper discusses Yiddish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and writings including 'The Lecture' and '...

In fifteen pages this paper considers how women were treated in this famous novel as well as their portrayal in the short stories ...

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

This paper consists of six pages examines William Faulkner's life and the themes of life and death that abound in his novel The So...

lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...

In five pages the spiritual laboratory assistant Animadab is compared with the nonspiritual Aylmer as depicted in this short story...

In five pages this paper examines the significance of symbolism in this famous short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are no o...

In five pages this paper examines how this short story features the author's powerful use of symbolism. Five sources are cited in...

In five pages this paper examines how an individual's social conflict is demonstrated through the use of religious imagery in this...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the enslavement theme within these short stories from the perspectives of the revo...

In nine pages this paper examines how the protagonist is transformed throughout this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Seven so...

from Melville to modern Freudians, Hawthornes fearful secret has been the subject of speculation. But whatever it was and whatever...

In five pages this paper examines the importance of symbols to the telling of the short story 'Young Goodman Brown.' There are 7 ...

In five pages this essay examines how Puritanism and witchcraft contribute to the setting of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthor...