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grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...

banks of a "black and lurid tarn" (Poe Usher). As the narrator in both stories is fully aware of who he is, he never bothers to in...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

fated to her status in life" (Lombardi). It is a moralistic fable written in the tradition of the ancient Greeks in which the her...

several symbolic connotations in this name, primarily the contrast to the happy little dance called the Jig and the fact that she ...

modern-day utopias that seemed to have the best of everything. There were sporting events, community activities, performing arts,...

hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

In five pages this paper examines how Houston promotes drama and literature through theater and writers groups and considers their...

above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

taking from different cultures to provide the most appropriate terms. The way in which OHearn fitted into the society around her...

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...

own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

environment, which is rare anymore, is often a very dangerous environment that can threaten ones life. This makes the reader under...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

readily admits that: "On the whole theyre not a bad lot of natives; though you get a cheeky bastard now and then" (21). She is als...

stopped, at least for Neddy Merrill. It seems that for those like Neddy, money must be had at all costs, but he had a problem too,...

is a story about change - the change in a man, people he recognizes and knew his entire life did not recognize this man who Garl...