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cigarette dangling out of the corner of his mouth, and a tie that had been loosened to hang limply against his shirt stood in fron...

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...

demesne" (Keats PG). It is here that religion first crops up in Keats explanation. Further, the entire work is about discovery, op...

of existence. The Enlightenment symbolized the chance to break free from such constraints as heretofore placed upon the concept o...

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

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

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...

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

to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...