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Comparative Analysis of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

These short stories are contrasted and compared in six pages with characters, themes, and endings analyzed. Six sources are cited...

Analyzing 'Sun and Moon by Katherine Mansfield

is assumed that the narrator is offering a truthful representation, but the readers are expected to often "read between the lines"...

Gregor Samsa in Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'

In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...

'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

'Young Goodman Brown' and 'Roger Malvin's Burial' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages a comparative analysis of these Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories focuses on character, theme, development, and how ...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and Literary Style

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

Character Analysis: Lyman in "The Red Convertible"

car deliberately so that Henry would work on it, and thus be restored to his old self. This doesnt seem to match up with the idea ...

John Updike/The Rumor

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

Tolstoy: "After the Ball"

the physical setting and the Vasilievichs thoughts and emotions with exquisite clarity, though he doesnt tell us what Varinka is t...

Toni Cade Bambara's Sylvia and John Updike's Sammy

first of the story, show a young man, still engrossed with pigeon holing everyone he meets. They either are good or they are bad. ...

Overview of 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...

'Odour of Chrysanthemums' by D.H. Lawrence and 'Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

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...

Moment of Truth in 'The Temple of the Holy Ghost' by Flannery O'Connor

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

Importance of the Unknown Letter Writer in 'Her Letters' by Kate Chopin

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

'Woman Hollering Creek' by Sandra Cisneros

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

'The Storm' by Kate Chopin and the Character of Calixta

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

Tom Franklin's "Grit"

story "Grit" portrays the intense conflict that arises between Glen, the manager of the Black Beauty Minerals Plant located in Mob...

"Barn Burning" by William Faulkner

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...

Short Story Related to Self Driving Cars

This 9 page paper gives an example of a short story which related to the technology of self driving cars. This paper includes desc...

Evil in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

Louise Erdrich's 'Saint Marie' and Character Analyses

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Perfection

the world of all evil by silencing any voice of dissention. This short story clearly illustrates the idea that evil is in the doin...

'The Tell Tale Heart' and 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

'Good Country People' by Flannery O'Connor and Theology

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

Literary Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...

The Character of Alida Slade in 'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton

Delphin by the Forum for a clandestine meeting. This Delphin Slade happened to be engaged to Alida at the time. Alida says that sh...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and the Character of Dee

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...

Characterizatons in A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...