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

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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...

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 "...

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

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

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...

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

to a convent or even death. The image of a snake conjures the possibly of death, and suggests that Hermia is not as brave as she...

out. You didnt know what the future might bring, or if they would survive. "Did you get married during the war?" I asked. "No, ...

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

discipline, and demonstrates the ambiguities and inadequacies within the structure of the system. The idea that the law is depende...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...

inability to understand the calls in the dead of night are paralleled with the frustration they feel at not getting any informatio...

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

The feminist rewriting of fairytales as reflected in this short story by Angela Carter is considered in a paper consisting of five...

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...

free; and Joy, whose miserable disposition is anything but joyful. It is Joy who is the chief protagonist, an educated 32-year-ol...