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'Signs and Symbols' by Vladimir Nabokov

sense to their world. In fact, the lack of sense serves as the only unifying factor that does, in its own twisted way, make sense....

Updike, Hawthorne, and de Maupassant Characterizations

In a paper consisting of six pages these character driven short stories Updike's 'A and P,' Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' and...

Overview of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper containing six pages the protagonist's inability to handle the dissolution of his beloved Ibo culture after the takeove...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

James Joyce's The Dead and Themes of Memory, Politics, and Death

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

Literary Analysis of 'Miss Brill' by Katherine Mansfield

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

Material Worth in 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

that the fact that Maupassant was completely able to represent his characters in such a fashion as to give the reader a sense of c...

'The Youngest Doll' by Rosario Ferre

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of women's desires and their positioning in the aristocratic patriarchy of Pue...

Bessie Head's 'The Collector of Treasures' and Marriage

In 5 pages the 2 couples featured in this short story by Bessie Head are contrasted and compared regarding the marriages of each. ...

Roles of Women in Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Ilyich and Anna Karenina

to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...

'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Revelation

to her" (2274). Maggie had a disfiguring accident as a child, the result of the familys home burning to the ground. As her mothe...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...

'The Old Chief Mshlanga' by Doris Lessing

thematic motif, relating individuals to others, themselves, and, particularly in the African stories, to the land. "The Old Chief...

'A and P' by John Updike and Self Discovery

In 5 pages this paper examines how detail and contrast are employed by the author to thematically depict self discovery in this sh...

'Shiloh' by Bobbie Ann Mason

In a paper consisting of six pages the thematic cycle of beginnings and ends is discussed within the context of this short story. ...

'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

reminiscent of real people experiencing real social pain and suffering, in spite of the fact that Mathilde chose to wallow in what...

Modern Day Television Reporting

an intriguing innovation when the Weather channel first aired, however. "From its start in 1982, The Weather Channel has been pel...

'Soldier's Home' by Ernest Hemingway and the Theme of Dysfunction

In five pages Hemingway's short story is discussed in terms of how it reflects dysfunction of family relationships. Seven sources...

Local Color in Three American Literary Works

In seven pages the way local color is used by the authors in such short stories as Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's 'The New England Nun,...

Analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministe...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and Symbols

In five pages this paper analyzes Poe's use of symbols in this short story. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Oppression of Women in Shirley Jackson's 'The Tooth' and 'The Lottery'

In five pages this paper discusses how women are subjected to oppression by men in these 2 short stories by Shirley Jackson. Seve...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Southern History

In seven pages this paper examines the history of the Old South as it reveals intself in William Faulkner's short story. Four oth...

'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' by D.H. Lawrence from a Sociological Perspective

In this paper containing five pages this short story is evaluated in terms of its sociological aspects. There are two additional ...

D.H. Lawrence and Graham Greene on Materialism

In 3 pages this paper examines how materialism is portrayed within D.H. Lawrence's short story 'The Rocking Horse Winner' and by G...

Analysis of Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat'

In five pages this paper presents a short story analysis of Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat.' There are no other sources listed....

Interpreting 'Jilting of Granny Weatherall' by Katherine Anne Porter

In six pages death and dying are explored within the context of Porter's text the protagonist's love and unresolved plot conflict ...

Narrators' Growth in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

In 6 pages this paper discusses how the narrators of these respective texts managed to develop their own individuality through the...

Tadeusz Borowski and the Holocaust

prisoners and the captors into villains and victims. He views the entire situation as evil, not evil perpetrated upon the innocent...

'The Shawl' by Cynthia Ozick and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...