YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Four Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Essays 511 - 540
In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...
with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...
it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...
about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...
it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...
Therefore, Aylmer is destined to live a life of unhappiness, based not upon any inherently horrible thing about his life, but base...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
the condition of the nineteenth century woman in marriage, and has been more recently rediscovered and recognized as an overtly fe...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...
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 ...
an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...
appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...
clear that there are some very mysterious things taking place within the story. We note this first in the presence of the house wh...
which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...
where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...
But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...
Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...
a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...
End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...
persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...
thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...
in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...