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showcase his individual talent" (Wikipedia, 2005). His songs were primarily songs about the struggles of African American people, ...

inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...

some instances, for example, it refers to the social changes which when a lesser developed country (a preindustrial society in som...

controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...

hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...

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

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...

to succeed," "ability to handle rejection," and "self-confidence" may actually be of more value to the employer than traditional s...

in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...

the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...

has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...

nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...

The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...

Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...

himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...

says, knows he is telling the truth about the murder, but because he is trying to justify it so strongly, and madly, we know he is...

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

still places on the planet where nature is more important than man and his machines, and where nature actually "knows best" and sh...

could "be a devilish Indian behind every tree" or that the devil may even be in the woods (Hawthorne). As one can see, the nature ...

hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...

he could write a piece on it, a travel journal of sorts. "Carless was a career diplomat stationed in Kabul who had done a lot of t...