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In two pages this essay examines how the structural collapse of the house in Poe's short story represents the collapse of the fami...

won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...

is constantly being reminded of the process of construction, whilst being involved in the construct itself in the form of the text...

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

everything leads back to itself without ever answering anything. The story, and the life of Billy, is nothing more than an endless...

all his days. This appears to be true as Montressor is compulsively confessing his evil fifty years later. Other critics agree t...

multimillionaire Julian Castle, who now resides on the Caribbean island of San Lorenzo. This impoverished country is also home to...

inclusionary housings value to the local community. New Construction and Revitalization In their introduction to Presence: ...

for him, lift his spirits, and perhaps bring him a bit of distraction and joy as he descends. This narrator is very powerful and...

decline, from onset to death, takes but "half an hour" (Poe). In the face of this overwhelming specter of death, Prince Prospero i...

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

in the Washington, D.C. area may be broader than in other areas of the country. The HIV/AIDS Administration of the Washington, D....

explanations of the different seasons of the northern and southern hemispheres in words children can understand. Lin, Grace & McKn...

that Roosevelt succeeded in causing the majority of Americans and many historians to forget about McKinley in the wake of Roosevel...

a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

nor I were suited to homeschooling at the time. I began researching North Carolina public schools to find that some of the best-p...

When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...

the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...

rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...

may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

In five pages a Third World nation two story home is discussed in terms of its attributes and how it can encourage housing standar...