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felt a sense of liberation she had never known before. She could support herself and write about the subjects she felt passionate...
two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...
themselves, perhaps unnecessarily, on their knowledge of wines. This offers us a very powerful and self righteous look at these tw...
brother and sister, were split, with Edgar being taken in by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. (Poe Chronology). His sister,...
again from the red eiderdown!" (Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as ...
Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its ...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
Old South. Her father represents the ideals and traditions of the Old South: "Historically, the Grierson name was one of the most ...
is old enough to evaluate her life and find it wanting. She has two small children and is pregnant with a third. Her husband is la...
in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
The morbid tale of revenge of "The Cask of Amontillado" is carefully depicted with crypt like wine vaults which eventually entomb ...
her husbands life seems threatened Nora does the right thing by forging her fathers name and getting money to assist her husband. ...
first of the story, show a young man, still engrossed with pigeon holing everyone he meets. They either are good or they are bad. ...
when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...
a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...
5 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of what it might take to change the future and improve a life. Though man...
In eight pages this paper examines the mother and son relationship that is featured in the short story by Flannery O'Connor. Seve...
These short stories and their themes of birthplace separation are compared in a report consisting of five pages. There are no oth...
In five pages the theme of this Canadian short story is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....
In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...
In seven pages this paper analyzes this short story in terms of meaning and characterization but focuses primarily upon the 2 sett...
In five pages these Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin short stories are contrasted and compared in terms of common threads of social ...
The opposites and dualities that appear in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne are analyzed in 5 pages with Puritan ethics and...
In seven pages this paper considers the Gothic characteristics of Mary Shelley's writings in an analysis of short stories 'Transfo...
In five pages these short stories are analyzed in a contrasting and comparison of spousal relationships. There are no other sourc...