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walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...
felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...
two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...
in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...
taught, by her father, those attitudes that provide them the social status they were born into, a class common to the traditional ...
all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...
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...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...
fundamentally selfish and mean-spirited. In fact, OConnor repeatedly demonstrates to the reader how similar Fortune and his grandd...
unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner, an "old south" family that remembered the Civil War - the familys patriarch, William Clark Falkn...
says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...
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...
structure" leaving "means neither of ingress or egress" (799). David R. Dudley states: "The Masque of the Red Death is a vanita...
In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...
In five pages these short stories are analyzed in a contrasting and comparison of spousal relationships. There are no other sourc...
In five pages this report analyzes 'My Father's Life,' a short story by Raymond Carver. Two sources are cited in the bibliography...
In five pages the theme of this Canadian short story is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....
In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...
In seven pages this report presents a synopsis of the famous short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in 1948. The...
In 7 pages this paper discusses how the author expressed real life feelings in this short story. Seventeen sources are cited in t...
In 6 pages the theme of scientific experimentation as it is represented in both of these short stories are analyzed. There are 6 ...
An analysis of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne consists of six pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In five pages this paper examines how Nathaniel Hawthorne's protagonists are either hunted or haunted in the novel The Scarlet Let...
In five pages Hemingway's 'reminiscent narrative' and tone are examined within the context of this short story. Two sources are c...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of title, plot, theme, and mood with emphasis upon the protagonist. There are...
In five pages the deceptive novel that is short on story but high on characterizations and vignettes discussing the neighborhood a...