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'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

of the situation inside the house. He relates that "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-wor...

Comparative Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat' and 'The Tell Tale Heart'

reality in Poes work. And, the fact that it comes back to haunt the characters in the story further emphasizes the power of this "...

Twenty Global Economy Articles Summarized

chief strategist with High Frequency Economics in Valhalla, N.Y.: "As terrible as the past week has been, nothing has changed in t...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

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

Literary Tools in Jack London's Short Stories

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe and Dramatic Irony

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...

Three Short Stories Set in the American South

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

Commentary on Virginia Woolf's 'The Lady in the Looking Glass'

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

3 Short Stories by Poe Analyzed

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

Human Depravity and Evil as Recurrent Literary Themes in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

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

Allegory in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In five pages the ways in which allegory is used by the author in this short story are discussed. Two sources are cited in the bi...

'Master and Man' Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

Elementary Schools and Short Story Writing Instruction

In four pages this paper discusses how teachers should implement short story writing instruction in an elementary school setting. ...

Granny's Last Days in 'The Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist planned to die with dignity in Katherine Anne Porter's 1939 short story. There...

Theme of Death and Life Experiences in 'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe

structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...

Joyce, Faulkner, Poe, and Their Short Stories' Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

Human Nature and the Writings of Lee K. Abbott

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

Biography and Writings of Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...

Personal Undertones in Frost's Poem, Fire and Ice

This paper examines Frost's short poem, Fire and Ice. The author examines themes of alienation and destruction, and argues that t...

'My Father's Life' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report analyzes 'My Father's Life,' a short story by Raymond Carver. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...

Frozen Sinners in Canto 32 of Dante's 'Inferno'

A brief passage from 'Inferno' is examined in 3 pages as it pertains to the ice lake's frozen sinners with the author's intention ...

'Araby' by James Joyce, 'A and P' by John Updike, and Maturation

In 5 pages the theme of maturation as it is featured in these two short stories is compared. There are no other sources listed....

The Literary Techniques of William Faulkner

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...

Individuals have Control Over Fate According to Assorted Short Stories

Man does indeed have control over his destiny according to a plethora or authors. Evidence of this thesis is put forth in such sh...

Character and Setting in 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this paper presents a short story analysis of the Tessie Hutchinson character and the setting with the importance of...

'Desiree's Baby' Short Story Analysis

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

Louise Erdrich's 'The Leap' Feminist Short Story

In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...

Psychological Stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James

In five pages this essay discusses the supernatural and psychological narratives that are featured in Poe's short story 'The Black...