YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Response to Outside Influence in Two Short Stories
Essays 631 - 660
its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...
her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...
the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...
Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...
Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...
thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...
with this great solitude" (73). Kurtz allows all of his most primitive desires to run rampant. The experience of being away from a...
"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...
apply and be accepted into the graduate creative writing program at Boston University; eventually getting her Masters in English, ...
sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...
culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...
those around her surely believe that she loves her husband and is grieved by the news. The characters slowly approach her, planni...
Companion of the British Empire and was awarded doctorates from Trinity College, Dublin and Oxford. In 1999, on the 100th annivers...
have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...
been. She is flighty. She moved out of the family home early, as soon as she began college, but Maggie is still living at home. Wh...
to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...
In comparison to the many overt forms of change these villagers have been forced to experience over time as a result of colonialis...
his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
knowledge and, occasionally, pronounced comatose or unconscious patients as dead (Premature Burial). There were documented instanc...
that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...
which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...
where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...
death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...