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but was kicked out due to his gambling debts (Liukkonen). As a result, John Allan would disown him (Liukkonen). It was in 1826 tha...

early years were relatively chaotic, as one would expect. He went to the University of Virginia but was kicked out because of the ...

any particular theme, any symbolic reference, other than the story itself. It is a poem that clearly reflects the work of ...

WILL you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them" (Poe). He describes himself as "v...

of his life concerns his apparent alcoholism. There is, however, a great deal of speculation that he was not an alcoholic but rath...

Chapter 6, "Preaching as Theological Interpretation through Conversation," begins with the observation that a preacher needs to ha...

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

previously the case" (Allen, 1988: 195). It is a very popular pilgrimage that draws people from all over the region, if not the wo...

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

traveled into the wilderness in order to achieve moral clarity. Hawthornes title character journeys into a forest near his home, ...

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...

In 3 pages theme, tone, and symbolism are analyzed within the context of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'Miss Brill.' There ar...

In five pages Joyce's short story is examined within the context of these 3 themes with imagination and memories retaining the gre...