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many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...

man called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Adam gave names to all of them "But, for Adam no suitable help...

in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

fact. In "The Black Cat," the narrator tells readers that he was "docile" and "tender of heart" as a youth, and that he retained t...

long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...

she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...

of course, it only takes one person in any organization to "make a difference" (Sanborn, 2004, p. 8). The second principle, Succe...

the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

she goes about her work and the family talks around her. As one author notes, "None of the sons address the sister as they do each...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

back to the past, as the young man obsesses over his mother and his search for identity. And, "Although the narrator begins by den...

small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

that were written prior to 1980 will be compared with three from the later time period. Elizabeth Janeway published a critique o...

like Poes "The Casks of Amontillado," Joyces "The Dead" contains many "Gothic themes and motifs" (1). For one thing, the time of t...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...

to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried c...

third person (not a character in the story)" (Peterson elements.html). From this basic understanding of the element of point of...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

is old enough to evaluate her life and find it wanting. She has two small children and is pregnant with a third. Her husband is la...

the money she had borrowed to buy her friend a necklace that she lost.....All of her work was really for nothing" (Cortez ss1.html...