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Vo Phien: "The Key"

ship dropped anchor "at 3 a.m. July 5, 1975" and passengers began to disembark (Phien). The first thing that greeted them was a ho...

'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula LeGuin

know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...

'The Lady with the Pet Dog' by Anton Chekhov

his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...

Strategies to Survive and 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...

'The Pardoner's Tale' and Avarice

Before he begins the tale, he explains that he is a greedy devil, and it is through his physicality and his voice that they are di...

James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues,' Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' and Maturity

In three pages this paper contrasts and compares how the maturity theme is featured in each of these stories....

The Lesson #2 by Toni Cade Bambara

This 5 page paper discusses the central theme of Toni Cade Bambara's story The Lesson #2....

Sinclair Ross/2 Short Stories

Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...

Setting in Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily

whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...

Comparing Chekhov, Nabokov & Viramontes

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

Andrew Dubus/Dancing After Hours

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

Detailed Analysis of Kate Chopin’s Short Story, ‘Desiree’s Baby’

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

Analysis of Dubliners by James Joyce

In thirteen pages this paper examines the short stories' complication of Dubliners by James Joyce in an overview of plot, characte...

A Short Story by Ford

home. That ended their affair and the couple saw each other only one more time, for "one sorrowful and bitter drink" (Ford, 2009)....

'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. ...

'The Curse' by Andre Dubus

did something after it was over. The fact that he did not help is an idea that plagues him and so one can go on to look at more me...

Alienation Theme in 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

Love Story The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper argues that a love story is what The Scarlet Letter is first and foremost. There are no other sources ci...

'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Themes of Bondage and Freedom

In 3 pages the limitations of freedom are examined within the context of Hester Prynne's social bondage in Hawthorne's novel The S...

Kate Chopin's Life and Writings

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

3 Short Stories About Growing Up

She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...

Evil in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and 'Young Goodman Brown'

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

Man's Nature in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Ethan Brand,' 'The Birthmark,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

Puritan Character Usage by Nathaniel Hawthorne

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

Irving and Hawthorne, Comparing 2 short stories

attending Bowdoin College. While some of his work was published, this did not provide him with enough income to live on and he ear...

Hidden Motives in The Scarlet Letter

a communitys judgment on one of its members. This paper discusses some of the issues raised by the novel. Discussion First, its n...

Conflict and Emotion in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

This five page paper addresses the themes of conflict and emotion experienced by Hawthorne's characters in The Scarlet Letter. The...

Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Humiliation

In five pages this paper examines how humiliation is used as a theme in Ibsen's play and Hawthorne's novel. Two sources are cited...

Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne II

In five pages this paper examines Hawthorne's life and critically analyzes the meanings and themes of his writings. Seven sources...