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D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking Horse Winner' and the Character of Paul

Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...

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...

Point of View in 'Araby' by James Joyce

according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth ...

Themes in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' 'Revelation,' and 'Greenleaf' by Flannery O'Connor

In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...

Literary Works and Socioeconomics

Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...

'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce

formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him" (An Occurrence...). The third person point of view is d...

Masculine Identity in Literature Questions Answered

close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...

Andre DuBus' 1991 'Killings'

in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...

Preferring Individuality, Not Conformity, and its Consequences in 'A and P' by John Updike

of such an objective that one becomes labeled as selfish and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation o...

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 "...

'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...

Raymond Carver's 'Where I'm Calling From,' 'Cathedral, 'A Small Good Thing' and the Theme of Communication

inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...

Violence in 'How to Tell a True War Story' by Tim O'Brien and 'Battle Royal' by Ralph Ellison

attention of the white community and gets him an invitation to deliver the speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citize...

Characters in Open Secrets by Alice Munro

happened, or what may have happened, to this young girl, and finds herself examining her own life as a result. Without even und...

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...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

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

Music and Brotherly Love in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

Feminist Approach to 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Gender Controls

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Sharon Olds and Short Fiction of Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil' and Symbolism

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

Literary Functioning of Symbolism and Setting

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

Character Analysis of Siblings in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In five pages this research paper presents a character analysis of the brothers featured in this short story by James Baldwin. Fi...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver and the Blind Man Robert

In five pages this short story by Raymond Carver is examined in an analysis of the blind character Robert and what he symbolizes. ...

Dave Saunders in 'The Man Who Was Almost A Man' by Richard Wright

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

Social Attitudes and Gender Communication in 'he Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

This paper discusses how women are socially perceived and how gender conflict due to miscommunication and misunderstanding are exp...

A Synthesis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories' The Birth-Mark', 'Lady Eleanore's Mantle,' 'The Minister's Black Veil,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...