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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

appeared to have a definite problem in separating fact from fantasy -- and a patent refusal to accept national transformations (su...

In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...

In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...

In seven pages Poe's works are analyzed within the context of his short stories 'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Fall of the House o...

extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

In a paper consisting of five pages this short story is considered in terms of its message, style, symbolism, and power struggle c...

at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

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

Iin a paper consisting of six pages this essay discusses the short story in terms of how it reflects the author's own life. There...

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

In five pages a psychological analysis of John Steinbeck's short story includes the flowers' symbolism and the depression of Elisa...

In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

In five pages this undestated bookkeeper character is analyzed in terms of his importance to Carver's short story. Five sources a...

The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...

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...

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